Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter: * was a dogger captured in 1646 and sold in 1649. * was a 10-gun fire ship, previously the French sloop Chasseur, captured in 1652. She was burnt in 1653. * was a 6-gun Royalist vessel, captured by the Parliamentarians in 1656. She foundered in 1661. * was a 30-gun fifth rate captured from the Dutch in 1672. She was on the Navy List until 1677. * was a 4-gun sloop launched in 1673 and sold in 1683. * was an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1690. She was rebuilt as a 24-gun sixth rate in 1710 and was captured by the Spanish later that year. * was a 10-gun fire ship purchased in 1739 and renamed HMS Vulcan in 1740. She was hulked in 1743. * was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1756. She was captured in 1775 by an American priv