At least two ships of the French Navy have been named Diligent:
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:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hussar, after the hussar.
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:
Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the porpoise:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Experiment:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Winchester, after the English city of Winchester:
HMS Antigua has been the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, named after the Caribbean island of Antigua:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lurcher
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Morning Star, after the poetic name for Venus:
At least four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Port Royal, after the British naval base Port Royal in Jamaica:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Guadeloupe, after the island group of Guadeloupe:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diligent.
Two vessels with the name Pigot have served the British East India Company (EIC).
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Granado :