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Five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS President, after the office of president meaning "one who presides over an assembly". In the case of the first two British ships, the name may have applied to the Lord President of the Privy Council.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Defence:
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caroline:
The Océan-class ships of the line were a series of 118-gun three-decker ships of the line of the French Navy, designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané. Fifteen were completed from 1788 on, with the last one entering service in 1854; a sixteenth was never completed, and four more were never laid down.
Four Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Pomone, with another cancelled before launch:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Ships in the British Royal Navy:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Lawrence:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plumper:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Impérial or Impériale:
The Impérial was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built by François Poncet.
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedwell:
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:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ant:
Four vessels named Royal Charlotte, for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King George III, sailed as East Indiamen for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1762 and 1815:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mallard, after the species of duck, the Mallard:
Many vessels have been named Comet, after the astronomical object comet.
Several ships been named Royal George after various members of the House of Hanover.
References
- ↑ Gasser, Gregoire (2002). Dictionnaire d'Histoire maritime. Robert Laffont. pp. 1270–1271.
- Les « Royal Louis » de la Marine française (Nicolas Mioque)
