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Eleven ships of the [[Royal Navy]] and a reserve shore establishment of the [[Canadian Forces Maritime Command|Canadian Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS/HMCS ''Discovery''''', while ships of other branches have also used the name:

*{{HMS|Discovery|1600}} was a [[survey vessel|discovery vessel]] in service between 1600 and 1620.
*{{HMS|Discovery|1651}} was a 20-gun ship purchased in 1651 and burnt in 1655.
*{{HMS|Discovery|1692}} was a 6-gun [[ketch]] launched in 1692 and broken up in 1705.
*{{HMS|Discovery|1719}} was a discovery [[sloop]] lost in the Arctic in 1719.
*{{HMS|Discovery|1741}} was a 6-gun storeship purchased in 1741 and sold in 1750.
*{{HMS|Discovery|1774}} was an 8-gun discovery vessel launched in 1774 as the civilian [[collier (ship)|collier]] ''Diligence''. She was acquired in 1775, and accompanied {{HMS|Resolution|1771|6}} on Captain [[James Cook]]'s third voyage of exploration from 1776 to 1780. She became a dockyard transport in 1781 and was broken up in 1797.
*{{HMS|Discovery|1789}} was a 10-gun [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] launched and purchased in 1789. She was commanded by Captain [[George Vancouver]] on his voyage of exploration from 1791 to 1795. She was converted to a [[bomb vessel]] in 1799, a [[convict ship]] in 1818 and was broken up in 1834.
*{{HMS|Discovery|1800}} was a survey vessel in service in 1800 and sold in 1828.
*HMS ''Discovery'' was to have been a wood screw [[gunvessel]]. She was ordered in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863.
*{{HMS|Discovery|1874}} was a wood screw storeship, formerly the civilian ''Bloodhound'', purchased in 1874. She was commanded by Captain [[George Nares]] during the [[British Arctic Expedition]] between 1875 and 1876. She was sold in 1902.
*[[RRS Discovery|HMS ''Discovery'']] was a purpose-built survey ship launched in 1901. She was commanded by Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott]] during the [[Discovery Expedition]] to the Antarctic in 1901, and was sold in 1905. She was re-designated [[Royal Research Ship|RRS]] (Royal Research Ship) ''Discovery'' in 1923, repurchased in 1929 as a [[training ship]], and was handed over for preserving as a [[museum ship]] in 1979.
*{{HMCS|Discovery}}, the Vancouver [[stone frigate]] of the [[Canadian Forces Naval Reserve]], established as a volunteer half-company of the [[Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve]] in 1924 and commissioned as ''Discovery'' in 1941.

==Battle honours==
*[[Battle of Portland|Portland 1653]]
*[[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Copenhagen 1801]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-2/par1/discover-eng.asp |title=Volume 2, Part 1: Extant Commissioned Ships |publisher=National Defence and the Canadian Forces |date=7 July 2006 |access-date=10 February 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==See also==
*{{HMS|Discovery II}}, a World War II armed boarding vessel
*Space Shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]],'' primarily named after Capt. Cook's ship of exploration.

==References==
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