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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newcastle, after the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne:
Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grafton, while another one was planned:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Many ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Garland. The name dates back to 1242, being the oldest confirmed ship name in the Royal Navy.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Salisbury after the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Maidstone, after the English town of Maidstone, or the Battle of Maidstone:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Advice:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lichfield, after the town of Lichfield in Staffordshire.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firebrand.
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hastings, after the town of Hastings. Another two were planned, but renamed before entering service:
HMS Colchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Southampton according to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 20 September 1745. She was ordered as a replacement for the previous HMS Colchester, which had been wrecked just two months after being launched.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Milford:
Numerous ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Portsmouth, after the English port city and home of a naval base.
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ludlow Castle after Ludlow Castle in Shropshire:
Ten vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nightingale after the common nightingale:
References
- British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail 1650 - 1859 (D Hepper)
- 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.
