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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Breda, after the Declaration of Breda:

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Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.

HMS <i>Resolution</i> List of ships with the same or similar names

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite. The origins of the name are unclear, although it is probably from the Elizabethan-era spelling of the word 'spite' – 'spight' – in part embodying contempt for the Navy's enemies, but which was also the common name for the green woodpecker, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwall after the Duchy of Cornwall. Cornwall's motto is onen hag oll , unus et omnes , one and all - English).

Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grafton, while another one was planned:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.

The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:

Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boyne after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Berwick, after Berwick-upon-Tweed, a town on the border between England and Scotland:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Anne or HMS Ann:

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Stirling Castle after Stirling Castle in Scotland, including:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS America:

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:

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Montagu or HMS Montague:

HMS Defiance was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard, and launched in 1675.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Duchess:

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