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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gabriel, after the angel Gabriel. Two others were planned:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Ithuriel after an angel in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost:
Four Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Grenville. Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Abdiel, after Abdiel, a seraph in Milton's Paradise Lost.
HMS Ithuriel was a Marksman-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy. Originally to have been named Gabriel, the name was changed before her launch. The ship was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, being launched on 8 March 1916 and entering service in August that year. Ithuriel served with the Grand Fleet during the First World War, leading both a destroyer flotilla and a submarine flotilla. She survived the war, before being sold for scrap on 8 November 1921.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Onslaught:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Anne or HMS Ann:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kempenfelt, after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Frobisher, after the Elizabethan explorer and adventurer Martin Frobisher:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Champion:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Defender:
Six ships of the Royal Navy, and one shore establishment, have borne the name HMS Nimrod, after the biblical figure of Nimrod:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Havelock, after General Sir Henry Havelock:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Constance, whilst another was planned:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magic. A third was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Marksman. Another was planned but never completed:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Anthony:
HMS Gabriel was a Marksman-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy, that took part in the First World War. The ship was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, being launched on 23 December 1915 and entering service in July 1916. Gabriel served with the Grand Fleet, leading a destroyer flotilla and was later used as a minelayer. She survived the war, before being sold for scrap on in May 1921.