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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.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elk, another name for the European moose:
Eight vessels and one shore station of the Royal Navy were named HMS Grasshopper, named for the grasshopper, a common type of herbivorous insect.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor, including:
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher, after the kingfisher bird:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Several ships of the Royal Navy has been named HMS Heron after the wading bird.
Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Nine ships and a base of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Curlew after the bird, the curlew:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Saracen, after the Saracens, a Medieval European term for Muslims:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Philomel, after Philomela, a figure in Greek mythology:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cruizer or HMS Cruiser:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harrier:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Penguin. A penguin is a flightless aquatic bird.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magnet:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griper:
Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch: