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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Invincible.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Terrible:
Five major warships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Thunderer :
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Twelve ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Defiance. Others have borne the name whilst serving as depot ships and tenders to the establishments:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Richmond, after the English town of Richmond, or numerous holders of the title of Duke of Richmond:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
HMS Culloden was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 June 1783 at Rotherhithe. She took part in some of the most famous battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars before she was broken up in 1813.
HMS Culloden was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the dimensions laid out by the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 9 September 1747. She was the first ship to bear the name, and was named for the Battle of Culloden, which had been fought the previous year.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Téméraire was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, ordered in December 1747 to a design by François Coulomb, and built at Toulon by his cousin, the constructor Pierre-Blaise Coulomb; she was launched on 24 December 1749. Her 74 guns comprised:
28 x 36-pounders on the lower deck
30 x 18-pounders on the upper deck
10 x 8-pounders on the quarterdeck
6 x 8-pounders on the forecastle.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Greenwich after the town of Greenwich, now part of London:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shrewsbury, after the English town of Shrewsbury:
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:
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.
