Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Abigail:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monmouth. Monmouth was the name of a castle and is now the name of a town in Wales; the name also recognises James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the "Black Duke".
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bristol, after the English port city of Bristol:
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 Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):
Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. A ninth ship was planned but never built. Ships
Eleven vessels, and one planned, of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gloucester, after Gloucester, the city in England.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
Several Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Diamond.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonaventure, and another was planned:
17 ships of the French Navy have been named Rubis ("Ruby"), or Ruby as it was spelled until the 18th century:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cambridge, after the English town of Cambridge or after one of the Dukes of Cambridge:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mary:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Greenwich after the town of Greenwich, now part of London:
HMS Charles has been the name of more than one ship of the English or British Royal Navy: