Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jersey after the island of Jersey, part of the Channel Islands; including HMS Jersey, a frigate commissioned in 1654 HMS Jersey, a sixth-rate commissioned in 1694 HMS Jersey, a frigate commissioned in 1698 HMS Jersey, a frigate commissioned in 1736 and used as a prison ship in the American Revolutionary War HMS Jersey, a sloop commissioned in 1776 HMS Jersey, a cutter commissioned in 1860 HMS Jersey, a J-class destroyer commissioned in 1939 and sunk in 1941. Wikipedia