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Six ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Panther''''', after the [[Black panther|panther]], whilst another two were planned:
*{{HMS|Panther|1703}} was a 54-gun [[fourth-rate]] [[ship of the line]] launched in 1703.  She was rebuilt in 1716, hulked in 1743 and sold in 1768.
*{{HMS|Panther|1746}} was 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1746 and broken up in 1756.
*{{HMS|Panther|1758}} was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1758. She was used as a [[prison hulk]] from 1807, and was broken up in 1813.
*{{HMS|Panther|1778}} was a 14-gun [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] built in 1778, and was being used as a survey vessel in 1802.
*{{HMS|Panther|1897}} was a {{sclass2|B|destroyer|0}} [[torpedo boat destroyer]] launched in 1897 and sold in 1920.
*{{HMS|Panther|G41}} was a [[O and P-class destroyer|P-class]] [[destroyer]] launched in 1941 and sunk in 1943.
*HMS ''Panther'' was a planned {{sclass|Leopard|frigate}}, but she was launched instead for the [[Indian Navy]] as {{INS|Brahmaputra|1957|2}} in 1957.  She was deleted from the Indian Navy Lists in 1985.
*HMS ''Panther'' was a planned {{sclass|Salisbury|frigate|2}}, ordered in 1956 but her name was changed to HMS ''Gloucester'', before being eventually cancelled.  ''Gloucester'' was subsequently reordered as a {{sclass|Leander|frigate|2}}.  Note, however, that no ''Leander''-class frigate named ''Gloucester'' ever served in the Royal Navy.  The name ''Gloucester'' was re-used in 1982 for a [[Type 42 destroyer|Type 42]] destroyer.
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