Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Foam, a figurative term for the sea:
HMS Foam (1856), a wooden Albacore-class gunboat launched in 1856 and sold for breaking in 1867.
HMS Foam (1871), a composite Ariel-class gunboat launched in 1871 and sold for breaking in 1887.
HMS Foam (1896), a Thornycroft two funnel, 30-knot destroyer (classified as a D-class destroyer in 1912) launched in 1896 and sold for breaking in 1914.
HMS Foam (1919), an Admiralty steel drifter, launched in 1919, sold in 1921, and renamed Starwort.
HMS Foam (1943), an Lend-Lease Catherine-class minesweeper launched in 1943 and returned to the US Navy in 1946.
See also
HMS Northern Foam a 655-ton trawler hired in 1939 and returned to her owners in 1945.
