Five ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 have borne the name HMS Harwich, after the town of Harwich

Harwich

Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...

. A sixth was planned, but renamed before entering service:
was a 5-gun hoy

Hoy (boat)

A hoy was a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually displacing about 60 tons. The word derives from the Middle Dutch hoey. In 1495, one of the Paston Letters included the phrase, An hoye of Dorderycht , in such a way as to indicate that such contact was then...

 launched in 1660 and sold in 1680. was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1674 and wrecked in 1691. was a 48-gun fifth rate launched in 1695 and wrecked in 1700. was a storeship launched in 1709 and sold in 1714. was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1743 as HMS Tiger. She was renamed HMS Harwich later that year and was wrecked in 1760.

• HMS Harwich
  HMIS Khyber (J190)
  HMIS Khyber was a Bangor class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy during World War II. Khyber was scrapped in 1949.-History:...
  
   was to have been a Bangor class
  Bangor class minesweeper
  The Bangor-class minesweepers were a class of minesweepers operated by the Royal Navy , Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Indian Navy during World War II....
  
   minesweeper
  Minesweeper (ship)
  A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
  
  . She was renamed HMIS Khyber
  HMIS Khyber (J190)
  HMIS Khyber was a Bangor class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy during World War II. Khyber was scrapped in 1949.-History:...
  
   in 1941and launched in 1942 for the Royal Indian Navy
  Royal Indian Navy
  The Royal Indian Navy was the naval force of British India. Along with the Presidency armies and the later British Indian Army it comprised the Armed Forces of British India....
  
  . She was broken up in 1949.