Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britomart, after the Britomartis of Greek mythology:
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher, after the kingfisher bird:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaver, after the animal, the beaver:
Several ships of the Royal Navy has been named HMS Heron after the wading bird.
Eight ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Badger, after the Eurasian badger:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cockatrice after the legendary creature:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedy:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magnet:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griffon, an alternative spelling of the legendary creature, the Griffin. Another ship was planned, but later cancelled and reordered from a different dockyard:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jasper, after the mineral Jasper:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tyrian:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cygnet, the name given to a young swan:
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: