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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.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Concord, or the French variant, HMS Concorde:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named Coventry, after the city of Coventry in the West Midlands.
Twelve ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named Lizard after The Lizard, a peninsula in Cornwall.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:
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.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame, whilst another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nymphe, HMS Nymph or HMS Nymphen after the Nymphs of Greek Mythology. Another was planned but never completed:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rainbow, after the rainbow, a common meteorological phenomenon:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crescent:
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:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cormorant, after the seabird, the cormorant:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hind or HMS Hynd:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Otter, for the otter.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Coquette. A seventh was ordered but never completed:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sylph after the air spirits known as sylphs: