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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hardy, most of the later ones have been named for Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769–1839), captain of HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Biter. Another was planned:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Acute:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse:
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.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the Porpoise:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griper:
Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Manly.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pincher:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hyaena, after the Hyena, a family of carnivorous mammals. Two others were planned but either commissioned under another name or cancelled.
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Espoir, after the French word for "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:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Grappler:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Staunch:
At least four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Haughty:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Growler
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.
