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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Havock, including:
Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet, after the insect:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hardy, most of the later ones have been named for Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769–1839), captain of HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Many ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Garland. The name dates back to 1242, being the oldest confirmed ship name in the Royal Navy.
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acheron after Acheron, a river of Hades in Greek mythology.
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the Porpoise:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Resolute. Another was planned but never completed:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wrangler. A sixth was planned but never completed:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Manly.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Savage:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rocket. Another was planned but never completed:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Whiting, after the common name for Merlangius merlangus, a species of fish:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Firm or Firme.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dove after the bird family Columbidae: