HMS Cockchafer

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cockchafer after the insect, the cockchafer:


 * HMS Cockchafer (1812), of five guns, was formerly the United States schooner Spencer, that the Royal Navy captured and employed as a ship's tender. She captured two American armed brigs, one in a single-ship action. The Royal Navy sold her in 1815.
 * HMS Cockchafer (1855) was an Albacore-class gunboat wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sold in 1872.
 * HMS Cockchafer (1881) was a Banterer-class gunboat composite screw gunboat launched in 1881 and sold in 1905.
 * HMS Cockchafer (1915) was an Insect-class gunboat gunboat launched in 1915, hulked in 1947 and sold in 1949.