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Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dido, after Dido, the legendary founder and queen of Carthage.
Sixteen different ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed.
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have been named Rose or HMS Rose after the rose:
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Roebuck after a small deer native to the British Isles:
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:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pique:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crescent:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Experiment:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blonde:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Flora:
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hind or HMS Hynd:
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.
