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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victorious.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hercules, or HMS Hercule, after the Greek and Roman hero Hercules. Another was launched, but never served in the Navy:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Invincible.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Agincourt, named after the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bulwark, after the reference to the Navy as the 'bulwark' (defence) of the country:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Renown, whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Majestic, whilst another was planned:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Minotaur after the minotaur, a creature in Greek mythology:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bellerophon after the hero Bellerophon in Greek mythology, whilst another two were planned:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Benbow, after Admiral John Benbow:
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Valiant.
Five major warships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Thunderer :
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ramillies after the Battle of Ramillies :
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince George:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Implacable:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war: