Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Goliath after the Biblical giant, Goliath.
HMS Goliath is the name of a fictional Royal Navy submarine in the radio series Deep Trouble. RMS Goliath is the name of a fictional transatlantic passenger liner in the 1981 two-part TV miniseries Goliath Awaits .
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermes, after Hermes, the messenger god of Greek mythology, while another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwall after the Duchy of Cornwall. Cornwall's motto is onen hag oll , unus et omnes , one and all - English).
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nonsuch, presumably named after Nonsuch Palace:
Twelve ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Defiance. Others have borne the name whilst serving as depot ships and tenders to the establishments:
HMS Spartiate has been the name of two ships of the Royal Navy. The first was a captured French prize, the second was mostly likely named after this ship.
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boyne after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scipion, after the French term for the Roman general Scipio Africanus:
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Canopus:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Anne or HMS Ann:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Clarence:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird, the albatross. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elizabeth. Most of these ships have been named in honour of Queen Elizabeth I of England:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
The Vanguard-class ships of the line were a class of two-deck 80-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Symonds, of which nine were completed as sailing ships of the line, although another two of these were completed as steam warships.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Royal James:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fawn:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Lawrence: