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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achates after Achates, a character in Roman mythology. A sixth was planned but never completed:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jackal, after the predatory mammal, the jackal:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Four ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of the 18th century admiral count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte.
Five ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of privateer and slave trader Robert Surcouf:
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Latouche-Tréville in honour of the 19th century politician and admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diana after the figure from Roman mythology, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse:
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Bouvet in honour of François Joseph Bouvet.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Barracouta, after the fish Thyrsites atun. Another was renamed before being launched:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Cassard in honour of Jacques Cassard:
Thirteen ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Louis Antoine de Bougainville:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Renard, after the Fox or the character Reynard. The name was also popular for privateers.
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Entreprenant and four Entreprenante, after the French word for "enterprising"
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sans-Culotte in honour of the Sans-culottes:
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name D'Entrecasteaux in honour of Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux:
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Espoir, in honour of hope.
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Actif ("Active"):
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
