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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chesterfield, after the town of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the Scottish city of Glasgow:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nottingham, after the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands, or alternatively after Lord High Admiral Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, who commanded the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. The first ship was rebuilt twice, and each is sometimes considered a separate ship:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amazon, after the mythical female warriors.
Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet, after the insect:
Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nonsuch, presumably named after Nonsuch Palace:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Richmond, after the English town of Richmond, or numerous holders of the title of Duke of Richmond:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Campbeltown, after Campbeltown in Scotland, with a third announced:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame, whilst another was planned:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sapphire, after the Sapphire, a precious gemstone:
The name HMS Churchill has been borne by two ships of the Royal Navy; a destroyer and a submarine. The submarine is named for Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II; the destroyer for towns of that name common to the United States and Britain.
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vigilant:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Orford, named initially after the Suffolk town of Orford, but from 1697 after Admiral Edward Russell, who was created Earl of Orford in 1697:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Windsor, after the English town of Windsor, Berkshire:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
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:
HMS Tilbury is the name of several ships of the Royal Navy.