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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sirius after the brightest star in the night sky.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaver, after the animal, the beaver:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Saltash:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ranger
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pluto, after Pluto, a God of Roman mythology:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britomart, after the Britomartis of Greek mythology:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harrier:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Penguin. A penguin is a flightless aquatic bird.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:
Three Royal Navy ships have been names HMS Snapdragon, after the flower:
Several Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Proserpine:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:
At least seven vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crane.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sandwich, either after the English seaside town of Sandwich, or one of the holders of the title Earl of Sandwich, particularly Vice-Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, or First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A seventh ship was planned, but never completed:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have either borne the name HMS Samarang or were intended to bear the name, after the port of Samarang, the site of HMS Psyche's capture of several Dutch vessels there in 1807.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dart, after the River Dart in Devon:
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
