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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 Anthony:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nottingham, after the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands, or alternatively after Lord High Admiral Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, who commanded the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. The first ship was rebuilt twice, and each is sometimes considered a separate ship:
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. A ninth ship was planned but never built. Ships
Twelve ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Defiance. Others have borne the name whilst serving as depot ships and tenders to the establishments:
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named Mary Rose. The first is thought to have been named after Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII of England, and the rose, the symbol of the Tudor dynasty. Later Mary Roses are named after the first.
Several Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Diamond.
HMS Brave may refer to one of the following ships of the Royal Navy:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Anne or HMS Ann:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Andrew:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rosario, after the Spanish word Rosario, meaning rosary:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dainty:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lark or HMS Larke, after the bird, the lark:
Four ships of the Royal Navy and Commonwealth of England navy have borne the name James:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Violet, after the flower of the genus viola:
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: