HMS Mosquito

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Mosquito", or the archaic HMS "Musquito", after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:

*HMS|Musquito|1777|6 was a vessel in service in 1777.
*HMS|Musquito|1794|6 was a 6-gun schooner, previously the French privateer "Venus". She was captured in 1793, purchased by the Navy in 1794 and captured by the Spanish in 1799.
*HMS|Musquito|1795|6 was a floating battery launched in 1795 but wrecked later that year.
*HMS|Musquito|1799|6 was a 12-gun schooner captured from the French in 1799 and sold in 1802.
*HMS|Musquito|1804|6 was a "Cruizer" class brig-sloop launched in 1804 and sold in 1822.
*HMS|Musquito|1825|6 was a "Cherokee" class brig-sloop launched in 1825 and sold in 1843.
*HMS|Musquito|1851|6 was a 16-gun brig launched in 1851 and sold to the Prussian Navy in 1862.
*HMS|Mosquito|1871|6 was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1871 and sold in 1888.
*HMS|Mosquito|1884|6 was an Australian torpedo boat launched in 1884 and sold in 1912.
*HMS|Mosquito|1890|6 was a paddle river gunboat launched in 1890 and sold in 1902.
*HMS|Mosquito|1910|6 was a "Beagle" class destroyer launched in 1910 and sold in 1920.
*HMS|Mosquito|1939|6 was a river gunboat launched in 1939 and sunk in 1940.
*HMS|Mosquito|shore establishment was a naval base in Alexandria, Egypt during World War II