Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quail after the quail.
HMS Quail was a 4-gun schooner launched in 1806 and sold in 1816.
HMS Quail was a cutter tender launched in 1817. There were plans to renamed her HMS Providence in 1822, but this never happened, and she was broken up by 1829.
HMS Quail was a 4-gun cutter launched 1830 and fitted out for the Liberian government in 1859.
HMS Quail was an Albacore class wood screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1861.
HMS Quail was a Quail-class destroyer launched in 1895. She was reclassified as a B class destroyer in 1913 and was sold for scrap in 1919.
HMS Quail was a Q class destroyer launched in 1942. She struck a mine on 15 November 1943 and sank while under tow on 18 June 1944.
