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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Albans after the English city and ducal family of St Albans:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pickle:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite. The origins of the name are unclear, although it is probably from the Elizabethan-era spelling of the word 'spite' – 'spight' – in part embodying contempt for the Navy's enemies, but which was also the common name for the green woodpecker, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them.
At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Duke of York, after numerous holders of the title of Duke of York :
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monarch.
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
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:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named Mary Rose. The first is thought to have been named after Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII of England, and the rose, the symbol of the Tudor dynasty. Later Mary Roses are named after the first.
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Canopus:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fearless:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
HMS Brave may refer to one of the following ships of the Royal Navy:
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Roebuck after a small deer native to the British Isles:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rosario, after the Spanish word Rosario, meaning rosary:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Castor. Named after one of the Gemini twins in Greek mythology. Castor also means "he who excels".
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scout:
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.
