HMS Decoy
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At least four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Decoy.
- Decoy, a gunboat launched in 1871 and sold in 1885.
- Decoy, a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and sunk in a collision in 1904.
- Decoy, a destroyer launched in 1932 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 as HMCS Kootenay, then broken up in 1945.
- Decoy (D106), a destroyer launched in 1949 and sold to the Peruvian Navy in 1970 as BAP Ferré (DM-74), currently in service. She was originally to have been named Dragon.
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