Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forester:
HMS Forester was a 22-gun ship launched in 1657 and blown up in 1672.
HMS Forester was a 7-gun hoy launched in 1693 and wrecked in 1752.
HMS Forester was a 4-gun hoy launched in 1748 and transferred to the coastguard as a hulk in 1828.
HMS Forester was a 4-gun gunvessel, formerly a hoy, purchased in 1794 and in service until at least 1800.
HMS Forester was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1806. She was used for harbour service from 1816 and was sold in 1819.
HMS Forester was to have been a 10-gun brig. She was ordered in 1824, but the order was either cancelled in 1830, or otherwise transferred to become the next HMS Forester.
HMS Forester was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1832, wrecked in 1833 and sold in 1843.
HMS Forester was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856. She was renamed YC7 as a yard craft in 1868, and was lost in a typhoon in 1871.
HMS Forester was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1877. She became a coal hulk in 1894 and was sold in 1904.
HMS Forester was an Acheron-class destroyer launched in 1911 and sold in 1921.
HMS Forester was an F-class destroyer launched in 1934. She was sold for scrapping in 1946.
