HMS Lys

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lys:

• HMS Lys, a 24-gun sixth-rate vessel, captured from the French in 1745 and sold in 1749.
• HMS Lys, a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line, captured from the French in 1755, commissioned for a single trans-Atlantic voyage and sold in the same year.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2010) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (4th Rev. ed.). Newbury: Casemate. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.