Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Donovan:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dryad, after the tree nymphs of Greek mythology.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fleetwood, after the town of Fleetwood. A third ship was planned as Fleetwood, but was renamed before being launched:
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Battleaxe:
Donovan is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Windsor Castle, after Windsor Castle, an official residence of the British monarch:
Empire Battleaxe was a British ship of the Second World War and as HMS Donovan in service with the Royal Navy just after the Second World War. Built as a Type C1-S-AY1 Landing Ship, Infantry named Cape Berkeley she then saw merchant service as Empire Battleaxe before being commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Empire Battleaxe and then Donovan. After she was decommissioned she returned to merchant service as Empire Battleaxe and was returned to the USA where she was renamed Cape Berkeley once again. A proposed sale in 1948 to China and renaming to Hai C fell through and she was scrapped in 1966.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Iris after the Greek mythological figure Iris or after the flower by that name. A ninth was planned but renamed before entering service:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amelia, whilst another was planned:
The 24 class was a class of minesweeping sloops. They were derived from the preceding Flower-class sloop, but designed to appear double-ended. Twenty-four ships to this design were ordered between December 1916 and April 1917 under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I, although two of them were cancelled before launch. All were named after famous racehorses, but they were not named Racehorse class as the Admiralty realised that this could easily be confused in communications with the Racecourse class of paddle minesweepers, and they officially became the 24 class.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Silvio:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gainsborough:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ormonde:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Narborough, after Rear-Admiral Sir John Narborough. A third was planned, but renamed shortly before being launched:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Colleen:
HMS Empire Spearhead was a Type C1-S-AY-1 Infantry Landing Ship (LSI) chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) during World War II. She was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California. She was launched as Cape Girardeau and completed as Empire Spearhead. In 1945, she was transferred to the Royal Navy and was later renamed HMS Ormonde. Later that year she was transferred back to the MoWT and renamed Empire Spearhead. In 1947, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission and renamed Cape Girardeau. The ship was laid up in 1950 and renamed Empire Spearhead. She was scrapped in 1966.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ettrick after the Scottish river, Ettrick Water.
At least three ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Nafkratousa :