At least four ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS Daphne after the naiad Daphne:
- HMS Daphne (1776), was a Sphinx-class post ship
- HMS Daphne (1786), was the Dutch Sirene, launched in 1786, captured in 1796 at the second battle of Saldanha Bay and brought into service as a 24-gun post ship. She was converted to a prison ship in 1798 and renamed HMS Laurel; she was sold in 1821.
- HMS Daphne (1838), a 18 gun corvette
- HMS Daphne (1866), an Amazon-class steam sloop
See also[]
- Hired armed lugger Daphne, a lugger which served in the Royal Navy as a hired armed vessel from 2 November 1794 to 19 December 1796
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