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Five ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sceptre, after the sceptre, a symbol of royal authority.
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Vampire.
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphion, after the Greek hero Amphion.
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer, named after the competitor in a boxing match.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quorn, all named after the Quorn Hunt.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atherstone after the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, or after its hunt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brocklesby after the Brocklesby hunt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cottesmore after the Cottesmore hunt:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dragon.
HMS Cattistock, the third ship of this name, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1981 and commissioned on 5 March 1982, the third ship of her class.
A ship and two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ursula:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oakley:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bicester, named after Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Blackmore, named after Blackmore, Essex:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arbutus:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ettrick after the Scottish river, Ettrick Water.
HMS Cattistock (L35) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was a member of the first subgroup of the Hunt class and served throughout World War II before being scrapped in 1957.
HMS Liddesdale was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Vickers-Armstrong in Newcastle and launched on 19 August 1940. She was laid down on 20 November 1939 and commissioned 28 February 1941. She served as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea.
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.
