Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Aurora or HMS Aurore, after the Roman Goddess of the dawn.
HMS Aurora (1757) was a 36-gun fifth rate, formerly the French Abenakise. She was captured in 1757 and broken up in 1763.HMS Aurora (1766) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1766 and lost to a fire in 1770.HMS Aurora (1777) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1777 and sold in 1814.HMS Aurore (1793) was a French Navy 32-gun fifth rate handed over to the British at the capture of Toulon in 1793. She became a prison ship in 1799, and was broken up in 1803.HMS Aurora (1809) was a 14-gun Indian sloop launched in 1809 and captured by the French the following year.HMS Aurora (1814) was a 38-gun fifth rate, originally the French frigate Clorinde (1808). She was captured in 1814 and broken up in 1851.HMS Aurora (1861) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1861 and broken up in 1881.HMS Aurora (1887) was an Orlando class armoured cruiser launched in 1887 and sold in 1907.HMS Aurora (1913) was an Arethusa-class light cruiser launched in 1913. She was briefly transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1920 and was broken up in 1927.HMS Aurora (12) was an Arethusa-class light cruiser launched in 1936. She was sold to China in 1948, was sunk in 1950 and salvaged in 1951, hulked and then scrapped by 1960.HMS Aurora (F10) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1962 and broken up in 1990.See also: HCS Aurora, launched in 1809 for the British East India Company's naval arm, the Bombay Marine; last listed 1828
