Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Redbreast, after the European robin.
, a 12-gun brig launched in 1805 and converted to a customs hulk in 1815, and later a hospital ship, scrapped in 1850. , a mortar vessel launched in 1855, renamed MV-19 a few months later, and broken up in 1865. , an screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864. , a launched in 1889 and scrapped in 1910. , a requisitioned passenger/cargo ship, formerly SS Redbreast used as a messenger ship, fleet auxiliary and Q-ship during World War I, and torpedoed in July 1917.
The name may also refer to HMC Redbreast, a customs and excise cutter launched at Woolwich in 1817 and sold in 1850.
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