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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 was 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.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Albans after the English city and ducal family of St Albans:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):
Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal George after various members of the House of Hanover. A ninth was renamed before being launched:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Panther, after the panther, whilst another two were planned:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harwich, after the town of Harwich. A sixth was planned, but renamed before entering service:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Boston:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sheerness, after the town of Sheerness in Kent, once home to one of the navy's dockyards:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Squirrel after the animal, while four more carried the name while serving as fishery protection vessels. Another was planned, but was renamed before being launched.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Strombolo, or HMS Stromboli, after the volcano Stromboli, in Italy:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bridgewater, while one ship of the navy of the Commonwealth of England has also carried the name:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bideford, or the archaic variant HMS Biddeford, after the port town of Bideford, Devon. A sixth was planned but never built:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kennington:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy were named Deal Castle, after the castle of the same name.
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.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.
