Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albacore, after the Albacore, a species of fish:
- HMS <i>Albacore</i> <span class="nowrap">(1781)</span> was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the American privateer Royal Louis. She was captured in 1781 by HMS Nymphe and HMS Amphion and was sold in 1784.
- HMS Albacore (1793) was a 16-gun sloop launched at Rotherhithe. She captured several privateers before she was sold in 1802.
- HMS Albacore (1804) was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and sold in 1815. She became a merchantman, sailing out of Guernsey. She was lost on 12 October 1821 while sailing from Buenos Aires to Barbados.
- HMS <i>Albacore</i> <span class="nowrap">(1828)</span> was a schooner launched in 1828 and sold in 1832.
- HMS Albacore (1856) was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856, the nameship of the 1855 Albacore class. She was used as a tank vessel from 1874, was hulked in 1882 and was broken up in 1885.
- HMS <i>Albacore</i> <span class="nowrap">(1883)</span> was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1883, the nameship of the 1883 Albacore class. She was sold in 1906.
- HMS Albacore (1909) was a destroyer launched in 1906 and purchased in 1909. She was reclassified as a B-class destroyer in 1913 and was sold in 1919.
- HMS <i>Albacore</i> <span class="nowrap">(J101)</span> was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1942 and broken up in 1963.
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