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A number of ships Royal Navy have been named HMS Echo, after the Echo of Greek mythology
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arab:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Snake:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mutine :
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hawk after the bird of prey, the hawk:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britomart, after the Britomartis of Greek mythology:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Halifax, after the English town of Halifax, West Yorkshire and the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Star or HMS Starr:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
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:
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.
