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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 HMS Crown. Another was planned but never completed:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Albans after the English city and ducal family of St Albans:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology:
Eleven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grampus after two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, and Orcinus orca, also known as the killer whale.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monmouth. Monmouth was the name of a castle and is now the name of a town in Wales; the name also recognises James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the "Black Duke".
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thetis, named after the sea-nymph in Greek mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Renown, whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Repulse:
Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nonsuch, presumably named after Nonsuch Palace:
Fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Tiger after the feline tiger, with a number of others provisionally bearing the name at various stages in their construction:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Maidstone, after the English town of Maidstone, or the Battle of Maidstone:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rainbow, after the rainbow, a common meteorological phenomenon:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blonde: