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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Aigle, after the French for Eagle:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thetis, named after the sea-nymph in Greek mythology:
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dido, after Dido, the legendary founder and queen of Carthage.
Three ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ceres, after the goddess Ceres of Roman mythology.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England:
Six ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Imperieuse:
Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade:
Seven Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Duncan, after Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, hero of the Battle of Camperdown.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aeolus, after one of a number of figures named Aeolus who appear in Greek mythology:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pique:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Experiment:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blonde:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firebrand.
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fowey, either after the Cornish town of Fowey, or the River Fowey which runs through it, whilst another two were planned:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Flora:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Iphigenia, after Iphigenia, a figure in Greek mythology:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
Several vessels have been named Recovery: