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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after the Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:

  • HMS Zephyr (1779), launched in 1779, she was a 14-gun sloop. She was renamed Navy Transport in 1782, and then Dispatch in 1783 before being sold in 1798.
  • HMS Zephyr (1809), launched in 1809, she was a 16-gun brig-sloop. She was sold in 1818 for breaking up.
  • HMS Zephyr (1837), transferred into service in 1837, she was a 3-gun wooden paddle picket. She was sold in 1865 for breaking up.
  • HMS Zephyr (1873), launched in 1873, she was a 4-gun composite screw gunboat. She was sold in 1889 to become a salvage vessel. She was broken up in 1929.