HMS Greyhound

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Sixteen different ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed.

• {{ship|English ship|Greyhound|1545}} was a 45-gun ship built in 1545, rebuilt 1558, and wrecked 1563
• Greyhound was a ship in service in 1585
• {{ship|English ship|Greyhound|1636}} was a 12-gun ship launched in 1636 and blown up 1656 in action with the Spanish
• {{ship|English ship|Greyhound|1657}} was a 20-gun ship captured from the Royalists in 1657 and used as a fire ship in 1666
• {{ship|English ship|Greyhound|1672}} was a 16-gun sixth rate in service from 1672 to 1698
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1694}} was a 6-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1694 and sold 1698
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1702}} was a 42-gun fifth rate launched at Ipswich in 1702 and wrecked off Teignmouth (or Tynemouth?) August 1711
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1712}} was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712 and captured by the Spanish in 1718
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1719}} was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1719, in Spanish hands from April 1722 for a short period, and broken up 1741
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1741}} was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from 1741 to 1768
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1763}} was a 15-gun cutter purchased in 1763, hulked in 1776, and sold 1780
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1773}} was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked 1780
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1780}} was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1780, renamed Viper in 1781, and sold in October 1809
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1783}} was a 32-gun fifth rate launched 1783 and wrecked 1808. Because Greyhound served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants.{{London Gazette|issue=21077|pages=791–792|date=15 March 1850}}{{efn|A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.{{London Gazette|page=633 |issue=17915|date=3 April 1823}}}}
• {{HMS|Euphrates|1813}} was laid down as Greyhound, but renamed before launching
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1859}} was a {{sclass|Greyhound|sloop|0}} sloop launched in 1859, reduced to harbour service in 1869, and sold 1906
• {{HMS|Greyhound|1900}} was a {{sclass|Greyhound|destroyer}} in service from 1900 to 1919
• {{HMS|Greyhound|H05}} was a G-class destroyer launched in 1935 and sunk by German dive bombers in 1941
• HMS Greyhound was to be a G-class destroyer, ordered in 1944 but cancelled in December 1945