Six ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 have borne the name HMS Modeste:
was a 64-gun third rate, previously the French Modeste. She was captured in 1759, used for harbour service from 1778 and was broken up in 1800. was a 36-gun fifth rate, previously the French Modeste. She was captured in 1793, used as a floating battery

Floating battery

A floating battery is a kind of armed watercraft, often improvised or experimental, which carries a heavy armament but has few other qualities as a warship.An early appearance was during the Great Siege of Gibraltar....

 from 1804 and was broken up in 1814. was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French Terpsichore. She was captured in 1814 and was broken up in 1816. was an 18-gun sloop

Sloop-of-war

In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...

 launched in 1837 and sold in 1866. was a wooden screw corvette

Corvette

A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...

 launched in 1873 and sold in 1888. was a modified Black Swan-class

Black Swan class sloop

The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Thirteen Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-four Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including...

sloop launched in 1944 and sold in 1961.