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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.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Belle Poule, from the French meaning Beautiful Chicken:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amazon, after the mythical female warriors.
Five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS President, after the office of president meaning "one who presides over an assembly". In the case of the first two British ships, the name may have applied to the Lord President of the Privy Council.
Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Minerva, after the goddess Minerva of Roman mythology.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Belle Poule.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scarborough, after the town of Scarborough:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sapphire, after the Sapphire, a precious gemstone:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nymphe, HMS Nymph or HMS Nymphen after the Nymphs of Greek Mythology. Another was planned but never completed:
Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Daedalus, after the mythical Daedalus:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rainbow, after the rainbow, a common meteorological phenomenon:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Experiment:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blanche:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Caroline or HMS Princess Carolina:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Lawrence:
HMS Belle Poule was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate, formerly Belle Poule, a Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy that had been built by the Crucy family's shipyard at Basse-Indre to a design by Jacques-Noël Sané. She was launched on 17 April 1802, and saw active service in the East. In 1806 a British squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren captured her off La Palma in the Canary Islands. The Admiralty commissioned her into the Royal Navy as HMS Belle Poule. She was sold in 1816.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hinchinbrook.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Laurel. Another was planned but never completed. The first British ship of the name served in the Commonwealth navy. All were named after the plant family Lauraceae.
HMS Immortalité has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diligent.