Eleven vessels, and one planned, of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gloucester, after Gloucester, the city in England.
Additionally, a 10-gun brig named HMS Duke of Gloucester was launched on Lake Erie in 1807, captured by the Americans in April 1813 and destroyed by the British a few weeks later.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bristol, after the English port city of Bristol:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newcastle, after the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne:
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named Coventry, after the city of Coventry in the West Midlands.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS York after the city of York, the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse.
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nonsuch, presumably named after Nonsuch Palace:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named Mary Rose. The first is thought to have been named after Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII of England, and the rose, the symbol of the Tudor dynasty. Later Mary Roses are named after the first.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonaventure, and another was planned:
Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke.
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan: