Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sapphire, after the Sapphire, a precious gemstone:
HMS Sapphire (1651) was a 34-gun ship launched in 1651 and run ashore to avoid capture in 1671.
HMS Sapphire (1675) was a 32-gun fifth-ratefrigate launched in 1675 and scuttled by her captain (Capt. Thomas Cleasby) to prevent capture by the French in 1696.
HMS Sapphire (1708) was a 42-gun fourth rate launched in 1708, hulked in 1740 and sold in 1745.
HMS Sapphire (1741) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1741. She was reduced to 32 guns in 1756 to 1758 and relaunched as:
HMS Sapphire's Prize was a 10-gun sloop captured in 1745 by HMS Sapphire, and wrecked several months later.
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