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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leven, probably after the River Leven, Fife in Scotland. - {{HMS|Leven|1813}} was a 20-gun sixth-rate {{sclass-|Cyrus|post ship}} launched in 1813. Under the command of William Fitzwilliam Owen she surveyed the coast of Africa 1821–26. She was broken up in 1848.
- {{HMS|Leven|1857}} was an {{sclass-|Algerine|gunboat}} launched in 1857. She fought in the Second Anglo-Chinese War and in 1860 became the last Royal Navy ship from which a man was "hanged from the yard-arm". She was broken up in 1873.
- {{HMS|Leven|1898}} was a {{sclass-|Gipsy|destroyer}} launched in 1898. She served in the Home Fleet and the Dover Patrol in World War I and was broken up in 1920.
Additionally: - {{HMS|Loch Leven|FY 642}} was an armed trawler launched in 1928 and taken up by the Admiralty in 1939 for minesweeping. She was returned to trade in 1946 and scrapped in 1954.
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