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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Indefatigable:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amazon, after the mythical female warriors.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Herald:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alexander:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nile, after the Battle of the Nile in 1798:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Philomel, after Philomela, a figure in Greek mythology:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mutine :
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariel, possibly after the archangel Ariel in Judeo-Christian mysticism, but certainly influenced by Shakespeare's "airy spirit" of the same name:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Heroine:
HMS Sheldrake may refer to one of several Royal Navy ships named after the Sheldrake duck:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ringdove, another name for the Barbary dove:
At least four vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Leveret.
Three vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Emulous, meaning "Eager or ambitious to equal or surpass another":
Three ships of the Royal Navy and one of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name Resource:
Philomel is another name for Philomela, a character from Greek mythology. It may refer to:
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.
