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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermes, after Hermes, the messenger god of Greek mythology, while another was planned:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer, named after the competitor in a boxing match.
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kangaroo, after the kangaroo.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fury, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diana after the figure from Roman mythology, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Parthian, after the ancient Iranic inhabitants of the Parthian Empire. Another was planned but never completed:
Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buzzard after the bird, the buzzard:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chameleon, or the archaic variants HMS Cameleon or HMS Camelion, after the Chameleon:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Avon. Avon comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river".
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
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:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seagull or HMS Sea Gull, after the gull:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Teazer :
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Childers:
At least seven vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crane.
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.
