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Four ships that served the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alfred:
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Blake in honour of Admiral Robert Blake who was, until eclipsed by Horatio Nelson, the most famous British admiral.
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
A razee or razée is a sailing ship that has been cut down (razeed) to reduce the number of decks. The word is derived from the French vaisseau rasé, meaning a razed ship.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Minotaur after the minotaur, a creature in Greek mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeance.
HMS Britannia, also known as Old Ironsides, was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered on 25 April 1751 from Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment. Her keel was laid down on 1 July 1751 and she was launched on 19 October 1762. The cost of building and fitting totalled £45,844/2s/8d. Her main gundeck armament of twenty-eight 42-pounder guns was later replaced by 32-pounders. In the 1790s ten of her quarterdeck guns and two of her forecastle guns were replaced by the same number of 32-pounder carronades.
Numerous Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Dolphin after the dolphin.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Berwick, after Berwick-upon-Tweed, a town on the border between England and Scotland:
HMS Alexander was a 74-gun third-rate of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Deptford Dockyard on 8 October 1778. During her career she was captured by the French, and later recaptured by the British. She fought at the Nile in 1798, and was broken up in 1819. She was named after Alexander the Great.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alexander:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Egmont:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Asia, after the continent of Asia:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Bombay, after the Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai. Among them were:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blonde:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphitrite, or HMS Amfitrite, after Amphitrite, a sea goddess of Greek mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Augusta or HMS Auguste, whilst another two were planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hastings, after the town of Hastings. Another two were planned, but renamed before entering service:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Assistance:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Firm or Firme.