Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Braak, the Dutch word for "break-through" (braak) or beagle (brak):
Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet, after the insect:
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Many ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Garland. The name dates back to 1242, being the oldest confirmed ship name in the Royal Navy.
16 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Terrible:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Maidstone, after the English town of Maidstone, or the Battle of Maidstone:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elizabeth. Most of these ships have been named in honour of Queen Elizabeth I of England:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undaunted:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphitrite, or HMS Amfitrite, after Amphitrite, a sea goddess of Greek mythology:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Penguin. A penguin is a flightless aquatic bird.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fowey, either after the Cornish town of Fowey, or the River Fowey which runs through it, whilst another two were planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess, HMS Princesse or HMS Princessa:
HMS Braak was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Rotterdam in 1781 and initially served with the Dutch Republic. The British seized her, in Britain, after the Dutch entry into the French Revolutionary Wars, and took her into the Royal Navy. She served briefly with the British before capsizing off the North American coast. She was subsequently the focus of a number of salvage efforts.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seagull or HMS Sea Gull, after the gull:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Justitia, after the goddess Justitia, of Roman mythology:
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.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pandour, after the Pandurs, an 18th-century force of Croatian soldiers, who served the Habsburg Monarchy as skirmishers and who had a reputation for brutality:
Numerous French naval vessels have borne the name Résolue, the French for "Resolute", as have several privateers.
Braak may refer to: