A large number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Argonaute in honour of the mythological navigators argonauts. Among them:
Five ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sceptre, after the sceptre, a symbol of royal authority.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite. The origins of the name are unclear, although it is probably from the Elizabethan-era spelling of the word 'spite' – 'spight' – in part embodying contempt for the Navy's enemies, but which was also the common name for the green woodpecker, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them.
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.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victorious.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Valiant.
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
HMS Colossus was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Deptford Dockyard on 23 April 1803. She was designed by Sir John Henslow as one of the large class 74s, and was the name ship of her class, the other being Warspite. As a large 74, she carried 24 pdrs on her upper gun deck, as opposed to the 18 pdrs found on the middling and common class 74s. She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, and was broken up in 1826.
Twelve vessels of the French Navy have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin.
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:
16 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Terrible:
Numerous French vessels have borne the name Téméraire. Note that several British ships have had the same name, see HMS Temeraire.
Seventeen ships of the French Navy have been named Rubis ("Ruby"), or Ruby as it was spelled until the 18th century:
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Aréthuse in honour of the nymph Arethusa:
Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Atalante:
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Inflexible ("Unyielding"):
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Diane in honour of Diana, goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature in Roman mythology. In addition, two have borne the related name Diana: