HMS Gay Archer was a Gay-class fast patrol boat of the Royal Navy.

Whilst on delivery from Vosper to the Royal Navy, her hull was punctured.

Whilst in Aarhus Harbour, Denmark on 18 May 1953 she was alongside MTB P1023, which caught fire and exploded.

She fouled a submerged broken boom defence pylon and her casing was holed, she was saved by an admiralty tug which responded to her mayday call.

[5] HMS Gay Archer, as of late 2019, resides on the River Avon, at Shirehampton (Bristol)