Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Foam, a figurative term for the sea:
, a wooden gunboat launched in 1856 and sold for breaking in 1867. , a composite launched in 1871 and sold for breaking in 1887. , a Thornycroft two funnel, 30-knot destroyer (classified as a D-class destroyer in 1912) launched in 1896 and sold for breaking in 1914. , an Admiralty steel drifter, launched in 1919, sold in 1921, and renamed Starwort. , J405 a Lend-Lease launched in 1943 and returned to the US Navy in 1946.
See also HMS Northern Foam a 655-ton trawler hired in 1939 and returned to her owners in 1945.
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