Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Terrible:
Terrible (1694), 26-gun sixth-rate captured by the Spanish near Cape Saint VincentTerrible (1730), 14-gun bomb vesselTerrible (1747), 74-gun third-rate captured from the FrenchTerrible (1762), 74-gun third-rateTerrible (1785), 74-gun third-rateTerrible (1845), wooden-hulled paddle frigateTerrible (1895), a Powerful-class protected cruiserHMS Terrible (R93), aircraft carrier launched in 1944 and sold to Australia in 1947, where it was renamed HMAS Sydney (R17)AlsoTerrible was a gunboat that the garrison at Gibraltar launched in June 1782 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. She was one of 12. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. Porcupine provided Revenge's crew.