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Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pioneer:
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kite, after the kite, a bird of prey:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fury, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Clyde after the River Clyde that runs through the city of Glasgow, Scotland. For Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde see HMNB Clyde.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Adder, after the snake:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariadne, after the Greek goddess:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
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.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cockatrice after the legendary creature:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Charon, after Charon, the boatman to Hades across the River Styx in Greek Mythology:
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:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Akbar, the Arabic word for Great. Two others were planned but never commissioned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Investigator. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched. The name Investigator passed on to the Royal Indian Navy and after India's Independence, to its successor the Indian Navy where the lineage of naming survey ships Investigator continues unbroken.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Psyche. Two more were planned, but never completed.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Otter, for the otter.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jasper, after the mineral Jasper:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shearwater after the shearwater, a seabird:
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.
