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:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.
HMS Western Isles was a command ship of the Royal Navy during World War II, serving as the flagship of the Anti-Submarine Training School at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull under Vice Admiral Gilbert Stephenson. Launched in 1902 as the Dutch Batavier Line passenger ship Batavier IV, after the war she served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as the training ship Hr. Ms. Zeearend. She was decommissioned in 1970, and scrapped in 1972.
Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ganges after the river Ganges in India.
Numerous Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Dolphin after the dolphin.
The name HMS Churchill has been borne by two ships of the Royal Navy; a destroyer and a submarine. The submarine is named for Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II; the destroyer for towns of that name common to the United States and Britain.
Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buzzard after the bird, the buzzard:
HMS Oxley was an Odin-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) then Royal Navy (RN). Very slightly off course, near Obrestad, on the south-western cape of Norway, she was hit by friendly fire seven days after the start of World War II costing 53 lives and leaving two survivors.
Five ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caledonia after the Latin name for Scotland:
Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke.
HMS Sunfish was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched on 30 September 1936 and served in the Second World War. Sunfish is one of 12 boats named in the song Twelve Little S-Boats.
HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich and Shotley. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976.
Five ships, one submarine and six shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vivid:
Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wildfire:
Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forward:
Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cochrane, after Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald:
Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:
One ship, and two shore establishments, of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lochinvar:
HMS Elfin was a torpedo recovery vessel built for the Royal Navy. She was built by J. Samuel White & Company, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, was launched on 20 November 1933 and commissioned on 16 January 1934. She was builder's number 1754. Her home port was the Navy's torpedo trials establishment HMS Vernon, and she was based at Portland. A sistership, Redwing, was constructed under builder's number 1753 and was stationed at HMS Defiance, Devonport. Elfin was renamed Nettle during the Second World War, and was later sold for scrapping. She survived in mercantile service, and has been preserved.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Attentive, as have two shore establishments:
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