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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Alacrity:
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kangaroo, after the kangaroo.
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
The following ships of the Royal Navy were assigned the name Calypso, after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird, the albatross. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Saracen, after the Saracens, a Medieval European term for Muslims:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Childers:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Victor:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hyaena, after the Hyena, a family of carnivorous mammals. Two others were planned but either commissioned under another name or cancelled.
References
- ↑ "Battleships Sold by Auction". Pall Mall Gazette (15113). London: The British Newspaper Archive (subscription). 7 October 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
