HMS Lyra
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lyra, after the constellation Lyra, itself from the Greek for Lyre:
- whale huntingvoyages until 1833, when she was last listed.
- Post Office packet service packet. She was sold in 1845.
- HMS Lyra (1857) was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1876.
- HMS Lyra (1910) was an Acorn-class destroyer launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.