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Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher, after the kingfisher bird:
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:
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arab:
Several ships of the Royal Navy has been named HMS Heron after the wading bird.
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:
Nine ships and a base of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Curlew after the bird, the curlew:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Saracen, after the Saracens, a Medieval European term for Muslims:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cruizer or HMS Cruiser:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harrier:
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:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elk, another name for the European moose:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scout:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fairy:
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.
