HMS Aid was a Royal Navy transport ship launched in 1809 at Kings Lynn.

[1] Ordered in 1808, she was built by Mr Thomas Brindley at King's Lynn, Norfolk.

[1] On 14 September 1817, while under Smyth's command, she was at Lebida (Leptis Magna), together with HMS Weymouth.

As HMS Adventure the ship was deployed for five years between 1826 and 1830 in a survey of Patagonia, under the command of Captain Phillip King.

The ship was accompanied by HMS Beagle, a slightly smaller vessel (90.3 ft in length), who was on her first of three major voyages.