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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buckingham, after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, including:
Eleven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grampus after two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, and Orcinus orca, also known as the killer whale.
Sixteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fox, after the fox.
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 Captain:
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grafton, while another one was planned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conqueror, and another was planned:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame, whilst another was planned:
Numerous Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Dolphin after the dolphin.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achille, after the Greek hero Achilles. The French spelling celebrates the capture of ships of this name from the French.
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:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Eighteen Royal Navy ships and two schools have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess, HMS Princesse or HMS Princessa:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Caroline or HMS Princess Carolina:
HMS Buckingham was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Richard Stacey at Deptford Dockyard to the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 13 April 1731.