Battle honours
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dumbarton Castle after Dumbarton Castle.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the Scottish city of Glasgow:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leeds Castle after Leeds Castle, near Maidstone in Kent.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Edinburgh, for the Scottish city of Edinburgh. In addition, one ship of the Royal Navy has carried the similar name HMS Duke of Edinburgh.
Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grafton, while another one was planned:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruiser or HMS Bruizer.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amethyst, whilst another was planned:
The River class was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic. The majority served with the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), with some serving in the other Allied navies: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Free French Navy (FFN), the Royal Netherlands Navy and, post-war, the South African Navy (SAN).
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dragon.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Salisbury after the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chester, after the city of Chester:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Colchester, after the town of Colchester:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hastings, after the town of Hastings. Another two were planned, but renamed before entering service:
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ludlow Castle after Ludlow Castle in Shropshire:
Ten vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nightingale after the common nightingale: