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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Burlington:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vigo, after the Battle of Vigo Bay.
Twelve ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Defiance. Others have borne the name whilst serving as depot ships and tenders to the establishments:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lichfield, after the town of Lichfield in Staffordshire.
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cambridge, after the English town of Cambridge or after one of the Dukes of Cambridge:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trident or HMS Trydent, after the Trident, often associated with the Roman God of the Sea, Neptune:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shrewsbury, after the English town of Shrewsbury:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Winchester, after the English city of Winchester:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Orford, named initially after the Suffolk town of Orford, but from 1697 after Admiral Edward Russell, who was created Earl of Orford in 1697:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Windsor, after the English town of Windsor, Berkshire:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hastings, after the town of Hastings. Another two were planned, but renamed before entering service:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dover, after the English town and seaport of Dover:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Milford:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harwich, after the town of Harwich. A sixth was planned, but renamed before entering service:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seaford, after the coastal town of Seaford, now in East Sussex. A fifth was planned, but was not completed for the navy: