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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Deptford, named after Deptford, an area on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London.:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Twelve ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named Lizard after The Lizard, a peninsula in Cornwall.
Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. A ninth ship was planned but never built. Ships
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dragon.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
Several Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Diamond.
Eight ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Worcester, after the English city of Worcester:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falmouth, after the town of Falmouth:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Experiment:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Assistance:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonetta: