Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Stork:
was a 36-gun ship, originally Dutch, captured in 1652, took part in the Battle of the Gabbard, hulked in 1653, sold in 1663. was a 10-gun sloop, launched in 1756, captured by the French in August 1758. Her first French captain called EV marquis de Calvimont de Tayac.French Archives Nationales Fond Marine C1-165, C1-168 HMS Stork a sloop, captured a vessel 14 March 1778 off Santo Domingo. was a 16-gun ship sloop of the , launched in 1796, broken up in 1816. was a 2-gun wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855, used as a coal hulk from 1874, sold for breaking up in 1884. was a 4-gun composite screw gunboat, launched in 1882, used as a survey ship from 1887, lent to the Navy League in 1913 and moored at Hammersmith as a training ship for boys,From the Archives – HMS Stork , Hammersmith & Fulham News, 10 March 2009 broken up in 1950. was an , launched in 1916, sold for breaking up in 1927. was a , launched in 1936, broken up in 1958.
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