Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ceylon, after the former British colony of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Two ships taken up from trade were also named Ceylon:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince of Wales, after numerous holders of the title the Prince of Wales.
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Tiger after the feline tiger, with a number of others provisionally bearing the name at various stages in their construction:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor, including:
Six ships and a naval station of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Tamar, after the River Tamar in South West England:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariadne, after the Greek goddess:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thames, after the River Thames:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Bombay, after the Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai. Among them were:
HCS Bombay, later HMS Bombay and HMS Ceylon, was a teak-built fifth rate, 38-gun wooden warship built in the Bombay Dockyard for the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) and launched in 1793. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1805 and renamed her HMS Bombay. She served with the Royal Navy under that name until 1 July 1808, when she became HMS Ceylon. She was sold at Malta in 1857 and broken up in 1861.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cruizer or HMS Cruiser:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blanche:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tigris, after the river Tigris, in modern-day Iraq. Another was planned but never completed:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Strombolo, or HMS Stromboli, after the volcano Stromboli, in Italy:
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
A number of sailing vessels were named Alexander:
Several ships that have served the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Madras for Madras:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sylph after the air spirits known as sylphs: