Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Intrepid: was a 64-gun third rate, previously the French ship Sérieux. She was captured in 1747 and broken up by 1765. was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1770, used for harbour service from 1810 and sold in 1828. was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1780. She foundered in 1800. was a wooden screw discovery sloop, previously the civilian Free Trade, launched in 1847. The Navy purchased her in 1850 and briefly named her HMS Perseverance; it renamed her HMS Intrepid later in 1850. She was abandoned in the Arctic in 1854. was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1855 and sold in 1864. was an protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was converted to a minelayer in 1910 and was sunk as a blockship in the Zeebrugge raid in 1918. was an launched in 1936 and sunk by air attack in 1943. was a launched in 1964. She was laid up in 1991 and used for spare parts before being sent for scrapping in 2008.
Battle honours
The ships named HMS Intrepid have amassed a sizeable number of battle honours.