HMS Dunkirk

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dunkirk, after the Channel seaport of Dunkirk, France:

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Sovereign, while another was planned but renamed before being launched:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Renown, whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:

Five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS President, after the office of president meaning "one who presides over an assembly". In the case of the first two British ships, the name may have applied to the Lord President of the Privy Council.

Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:

Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hector, named after the Trojan hero Hector in the Iliad.

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named Mary Rose. The first is thought to have been named after Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII of England, and the rose, the symbol of the Tudor dynasty. Later Mary Roses are named after the first.

Eight ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Worcester, after the English city of Worcester:

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:

Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hannibal after the Carthaginian leader Hannibal:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Warwick, named after the English town of Warwick:

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