HMS Mackerel

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Mackerel, after the Mackerel, a name given to a number of species of fish:


 * ENGLISH SHIP Mackerel was a dogger captured in 1646 and last recorded in 1647.
 * HMS Mackerel (1804) was a 4-gun Ballahoo-class schooner launched in 1804 and sold in 1815.
 * HMS Mackerel (1856) was an Albacore-class gunboat wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1862.