Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nestor, after Nestor, a figure in Greek mythology:
, a 28-gun sixth rate, formerly the French privateer Franklin, of Dunkirk. Franklin was under the command of an American captain, Bennet Negus, and cruised between April and June 1781,Demerliac (1996), p.176, #1707. taking several prizes, before and captured her; she was sold in 1783. , an launched in 1915 and sunk during the Battle of Jutland in 1916. , an N-class destroyer launched in 1940. She was used by the Royal Australian Navy though she remained British property. She was sunk in 1942.
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Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).