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The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hawk after the bird of prey, the hawk:
Halifax commonly refers to:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Providence. Another was intended to bear the name:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:
At least four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Port Royal, after the British naval base Port Royal in Jamaica:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedwell:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Strombolo, or HMS Stromboli, after the volcano Stromboli, in Italy:
HMS Swift has been the name of numerous ships of the Royal Navy:
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
HMS Surprise was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, which served throughout the American Revolutionary War and was broken up in 1783.
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonetta:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diligent.
The Province of Nova Scotia was heavily involved in the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). At that time, Nova Scotia also included present-day New Brunswick until that colony was created in 1784. The Revolution had a significant impact on shaping Nova Scotia, "almost the 14th American Colony". At the beginning, there was ambivalence in Nova Scotia over whether the colony should join the Americans in the war against Britain. Largely as a result of American privateer raids on Nova Scotia villages, as the war continued, the population of Nova Scotia solidified their support for the British. Nova Scotians were also influenced to remain loyal to Britain by the presence of British military units, judicial prosecution by the Nova Scotia Governors and the efforts of Reverend Henry Alline.
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sylph after the air spirits known as sylphs:
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.
