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Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leopard after the leopard:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Solebay after the battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672, the first battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have been named Rose or HMS Rose after the rose:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scarborough, after the town of Scarborough:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
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 one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dartmouth, after the port of Dartmouth, whilst another two were planned:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mary:
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:
Several Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Proserpine:
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
