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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.
There are two ships of the French navy that have borne the name Modeste:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Danae, after the Greek heroine Danaë.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Centaur, after the half-human, half-horse centaur of Greek mythology:
Six ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Imperieuse:
A number of ships Royal Navy have been named HMS Echo, after the Echo of Greek mythology
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame, whilst another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rosario, after the Spanish word Rosario, meaning rosary:
HMS Modeste was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was previously the 64-gun Modeste, of the French Navy, launched in 1759 and captured later that year.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Milford:
Many ships of the French Navy have borne the name Néréide, after the Nereid :
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Laurel. Another was planned but never completed. The first British ship of the name served in the Commonwealth navy. All were named after the plant family Lauraceae.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Modeste:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Thunder, while an eleventh was planned but never built:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goree, after the island of Gorée, and its capture by the British in 1758:
Several French ships have borne the name Courageux, Courageaux, or Courageuse:
Three vessels of the French Navy have borne the name Hardi, the name being the French word for "daring":
Several vessels have been named Recovery: