Two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Artful:
Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
Two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Astute for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment.
The Amphion class of British diesel-electric submarines were designed for use in the Pacific War. Only two were completed before the end of hostilities, but following modernisation in the 1950s, they continued to serve in the Royal Navy into the 1970s.
Two Royal Navy submarines have been named HMS Upholder.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victorious.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Agamemnon, after the legendary Greek king Agamemnon.
HMS Artful is the third Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the British Royal Navy. She is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to bear this name. Artful was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine on 17 March 1997, and was constructed at Barrow in Furness. She was named on 20 September 2013, was rolled out of the shipyard construction hall on 16 May 2014, and was due to start sea trials in early 2015. Artful made her first successful basin dive in October 2014, and sailed on 13 August 2015 for sea trials. Artful was handed over the Royal Navy on 14 December 2015, and commissioned on 18 March 2016.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conqueror, and another was planned:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Splendid.
Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Valiant.
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orpheus. Orpheus was the magical father of songs in Greek mythology.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonaventure, and another was planned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undaunted:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the Porpoise:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Osprey, after the bird of prey the Osprey:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trenchant: