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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
Four ships of the Royal Navy and a divisions of the Royal Naval Reserve have been named HMS Camperdown after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hydra, after the Lernaean Hydra of Greek mythology:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alexander:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Panther, after the panther, whilst another two were planned:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mary:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sulphur:
At least four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Port Royal, after the British naval base Port Royal in Jamaica:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Volcano. Two more were planned, but never completed:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hyaena, after the Hyena, a family of carnivorous mammals. Two others were planned but either commissioned under another name or cancelled.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Thunder, while an eleventh was planned but never built:
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonetta:
Several French ships have borne the name Courageux, Courageaux, or Courageuse:
HMS Hamadryad may refer to:
Several vessels have been named Recovery:
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
