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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pickle:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pioneer:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arrow, after the projectile:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Emerald.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Onyx, after the mineral Onyx. Another was renamed before being launched:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caroline:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blazer. George Spencer - First Lord of the Admiralty, named the first Blazer after a dog in his foxhound pack; thereafter, the Royal Navy re-used the name.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rattler:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vixen, the term for a female Fox:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albacore, after the Albacore, a species of fish:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goshawk, after the bird of prey, the goshawk. A sixth ship was renamed before being launched:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hyaena, after the Hyena, a family of carnivorous mammals. Two others were planned but either commissioned under another name or cancelled.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nettle, after the stinging nettle, a species of flowering plants. A fifth was renamed before being launched.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Watchful:
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.
