HMS Acute

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Acute:

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Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer, named after the competitor in a boxing match.

Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruiser or HMS Bruizer.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Furious:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gallant:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Biter. Another was planned:

Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blazer. George Spencer - First Lord of the Admiralty, named the first Blazer after a dog in his foxhound pack; thereafter, the Royal Navy re-used the name.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Defender:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tigress, after the female tiger:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griper:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Contest:

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tartarus, after Tartarus, from Greek mythology. A fourth was laid down, but never completed:

Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pincher:

Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Espoir, after the French word for "hope":

HMS Bouncer has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Staunch:

At least four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Haughty:

Five vessels named HMS Cracker have served the Royal Navy. A sixth was ordered but the order was cancelled.

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