Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:

* was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1761 and sold in 1777.
* was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1777. Converted to a hospital ship in 1780, the ship was sold in 1783.
* was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794 and sold in 1813.
* Lynx was to have been an 18-gun . Originally ordered in 1812 as HMS Pandora she was renamed