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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amazon, after the mythical female warriors.
Ships named Amazon have earned the following battle honours:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triton or HMS Tryton, after Triton, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, and the personification of the roaring waters:
Sixteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fox, after the fox.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Indefatigable:
Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet, after the insect:
Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vigilant:
Droits de l'Homme was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. Launched in 1794, the ship saw service in the Atlantic against the British Royal Navy.
HMS Amazon, was a 36-gun frigate, built at Rotherhithe by Wells & Co. in 1795 to a design by Sir William Rule. Carrying a main battery of 18-pounder long guns, she was the first of a class of four frigates. She spent her entire career in The Channel, part of the Inshore Squadron under Sir Edward Pellew. She was wrecked in Audierne Bay in 1797, following an engagement with the French ship-of-the-line, Droits de l'Homme.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undaunted:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Weymouth, after the English town of Weymouth, whilst another two were planned:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Laurel. Another was planned but never completed. The first British ship of the name served in the Commonwealth navy. All were named after the plant family Lauraceae.