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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.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince of Wales, after numerous holders of the title the Prince of Wales.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
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:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Renown, whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Orion, after the hunter Orion of Greek mythology:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Agamemnon, after the legendary Greek king Agamemnon.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rodney, of which at least the last five were named after the Georgian Admiral George, Lord Rodney. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conqueror, and another was planned:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Five major warships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Thunderer :
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ramillies after the Battle of Ramillies :
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Irresistible. A fifth was planned but later renamed:
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
The Téméraire-class ships of the line were a class of a hundred and twenty 74-gun ships of the line ordered between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy or its attached navies in dependent (French-occupied) territories. Although a few of these were cancelled, the type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built to a single design.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
