Seventeen ships of the French Navy have been named Rubis ("Ruby"), or Ruby as it was spelled until the 18th century:
Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship, which revolutionized battleship design, became one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Twelve ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named Lizard after The Lizard, a peninsula in Cornwall.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Gloire, meaning "glory", has been a popular name for French vessels.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
At least 10 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Intrépide ("Intrepid"):
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sans Pareil :
Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Psyché:
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Entreprenant and four Entreprenante, after the French word for "enterprising"
The Etna class was a class of six 16 or 18-gun corvettes with a flat hull, designed by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait and his pupil Charles-Henri Tellier. Four separate commercial shipbuilders were involved in their construction by contract - including André-François Normand, Courtois and Denise at Honfleur, and Fouache at Le Havre, while the sixth vessel was built by Pierre Ozanne at Cherbourg Dockyard. The vessels were flush-decked and originally designed to carry a 12-inch mortar. However, as the British navy captured Etna within a year and a half of her launch at which time she was not carrying any mortar, it is possible that the design was modified quite early to delete the mortar.
A number of ships and submarines of the French Navy have borne the name Perle ("pearl").