Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Whiting, after the common name for Merlangius merlangus, a species of fish:
was a 6-gun vessel captured in 1711 and sold in 1712. was a 4-gun launched in 1805 that the French privateer Diligent captured in 1812. was a 12-gun schooner, previously . She was captured in 1812 and wrecked in 1816. was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1881. was a launched in 1889, renamed HMS Boomerang in 1890 and sold in 1905. was a launched in 1896, reclassified as a in 1913 and sold in 1919.