Three ships of the Royal Navy were named Brune, two of them were vessels captured from the French.
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sirius after the brightest star in the night sky.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Liverpool after the city of Liverpool, whilst another was planned:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newcastle, after the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne:
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.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bacchante, from "Bacchante" – the name for a priestess of the Roman god Bacchus. Yet another ship of this name was ordered but later cancelled.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jersey after the island of Jersey, part of the Channel Islands; including
HMS Phoebe may refer to:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Acasta, whilst another two were planned:
Four classes of frigate of the Royal Navy have been named the Amazon class:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Panther, after the panther, whilst another two were planned:
President most commonly refers to:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Weymouth, after the English town of Weymouth, whilst another two were planned:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Magicienne. The origins of the name are from the French word for a female magician or sorceress and were used following the capture of the French frigate Magicienne in 1781.
Thétis was a 40-gun Nymphe-class frigate of the French Navy.
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oiseau, after the French for bird:
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:
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Brune, in honour of the Brune river, a river of Aisne.
Brune was a Blonde-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the naval battles of the Seven Year War, and was captured by the British. Recommissioned in the Royal Navy as the 32-gun HMS Brune, she served until 1792.
Four ships that served the Royal Navy have borne, or were intended to bear, the name HMS Alexandria, after the city in Egypt: