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Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kangaroo, after the kangaroo.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor, including:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vigilant:
Five ships of the Royal Navy and an air station of the Royal Naval Air Service have borne the name HMS Landrail, another name for the bird more commonly named a corn crake:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Charlotte, after either Charlotte, Princess Royal, daughter of George III, or Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, daughter of George IV:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the porpoise:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Racehorse:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albacore, after the Albacore, a species of fish:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Contest:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Teazer :
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fairy:
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
HMS Sylvia has been the name of five ships of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Desperate, the adjective having the sense of "having reckless abandon in the pursuit of an extreme desire":
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hart including:
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.
