See also
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Andrew:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Invincible.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Albans after the English city and ducal family of St Albans:
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 Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monmouth. Monmouth was the name of a castle and is now the name of a town in Wales; the name also recognises James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the "Black Duke".
Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britannia, after Britannia, the goddess and personification of Great Britain:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cottesmore after the Cottesmore hunt:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Anne or HMS Ann:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMSSt George, after Saint George, the patron saint of England:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rosario, after the Spanish word Rosario, meaning rosary:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Royal Anne. A third was renamed before being launched:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Andrew, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland:
A ship and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Excellent:
Four ships of the Royal Navy and Commonwealth of England navy have borne the name James:
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gabriel, after the angel Gabriel. Two others were planned:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Anthony:
Several vessels have been named Trial, or a now obsolete variant of that word: