HMS Beacon
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beacon:
- HMS Beacon (1804), a fireship, previously the mercantile Duff purchased in 1804 and sold in 1808.
- HMS Beacon (1832), a Hecla-class bomb vessel launched in 1823 as HMS Meteor. She became a survey ship in 1832 and was renamed HMS Beacon. She was sold in 1846.
- HMS Beacon (1855), a bomb vessel launched in 1855 and renamed MV.16 later that year. She was reclassified as a dockyard lighter in 1862.
- HMS Beacon (1856), an Albacore-class gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
- HMS Beacon (1867), a Beacon-class gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold in 1888.
