HMS Cotillion has been the name of two Royal Navy vessels of the 20th century:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Zulu, after the African Zulu people:
Three ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nelson in honour of Horatio Nelson:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite. The origins of the name are unclear, although it is probably from the Elizabethan-era spelling of the word 'spite' – 'spight' – in part embodying contempt for the Navy's enemies, but which was also the common name for the green woodpecker, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pathfinder.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sirius after the brightest star in the night sky.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS King George V, after George V, King of the United Kingdom, whilst another was planned:
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphion, after the Greek hero Amphion.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victorious.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hyacinth after the hyacinth flower:
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Valiant.
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atherstone after the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, or after its hunt:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phaeton or Phaëton after Phaëton, the son of Helios in Greek mythology:
The Dance-class minesweepers were series of minesweepers of the Royal Navy. They were originally designed as a shallow-draft twin-screw tunnel tugs, and were taken over by the British Admiralty as coastal minesweeping sloops. They were completed between November 1917 and September 1918 under the Emergency War Programme, during World War I.
Cotillion is an 18–19th century French dance.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rupert or derivatives of the name, after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and a famous Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War.
Halifax commonly refers to:
Three Royal Navy ships have been names HMS Snapdragon, after the flower:
HMS Morris Dance has been the name of several Royal Navy vessels of the 20th century: