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Eight vessels and one shore station of the Royal Navy were named HMS Grasshopper, named for the grasshopper, a common type of herbivorous insect.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quail after the quail.
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Havock, including:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Janus, after Janus, the two-faced God of Roman mythology:
Six ships and a naval air station of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sparrowhawk after the bird of prey, the Eurasian sparrowhawk:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medusa, after the ancient Greek mythological figure Medusa:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Snapper:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albacore, after the Albacore, a species of fish:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Opossum, after the opossum:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rocket. Another was planned but never completed:
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Pheasant:
HMS Tilbury is the name of several ships of the Royal Navy.
Several ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medina, after the River Medina on the Isle of Wight:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready:
References
- ↑ Colledge, J. J. (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: an Historical Index. Volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 160.
