sixteen different ships of the british royal navy have been named hms greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed. * english ship greyhound (1545) was a 45-gun ship built in 1545, rebuilt 1558, and wrecked 1563 * greyhound was a ship in service in 1585 * english ship greyhound (1636) was a 12-gun ship launched in 1636 and blown up 1656 in action with the spanish * english ship greyhound (1657) was a 20-gun ship captured from the royalists in 1657 and used as a fire ship in 1666 * english ship greyhound (1672) was a 16-gun sixth-rate in service from 1672 to 1698 *  was a 6-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1694 and sold 1698 *  was a 42-gun fifth-rate launched at ipswich in 1702 and wrecked off teignmouth (or tynemouth?) august 1711 *  was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1712 and captured by the spanish in 1718 *  was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1719, in spanish hands in april 1722, and broken up 1741 *  was a 20-gun sixth-rate in service from 1741 to 1768 *  was a 15-gun cutter purchased in 1763, hulked in 1776, and sold 1780 *  was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1773 and wrecked 1780 *  was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1780, renamed viper in 1781, and sold in october 1809 *  was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched 1783 and wrecked 1808. because greyhound served in the navy's egyptian campaign between 8 march 1801 and 2 september, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "egypt" to the  naval general service medal, which the admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants. * hms euphrates (1813) was laid down as greyhound, but renamed before launching *  was a  launched in 1859, reduced to harbour service in 1869, and sold 1906 *  was a  in service from 1900 to 1919 *  was a g-class destroyer launched in 1935 and sunk by german dive bombers in 1941 * hms greyhound was to be a [[g-class destroyer (
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