HMS Adam & Eve

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Adam & Eve:

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HMS <i>Resolution</i> List of ships with the same or similar names

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:

Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:

Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):

Four "ships" of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Good Hope.

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:

Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.

Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Charity:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:

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.

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

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orange, after the House of Orange-Nassau:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:

Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:

Fourteen ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Merlin, after Merlin, the wizard in Arthurian legend :

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:

Numerous ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Portsmouth, after the English port city and home of a naval base.

There have been three ships that have served in the Royal Navy named HMS Zealand. Each has been a vessel captured from the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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