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Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Challenger, most famously the fifth, the survey vessel Challenger that carried the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1876.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame, whilst another was planned:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:
Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Actaeon or HMS Acteon, after Actaeon, a figure in Greek mythology:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ranger
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rainbow, after the rainbow, a common meteorological phenomenon:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Termagant, after Termagant, a god that Medieval Europeans believed Muslims worshipped, and that later came to be popularised by Shakespeare to mean a bullying person:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Philomel, after Philomela, a figure in Greek mythology:
Six ships and one depot of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Columbine, after the common name for the plant Aquilegia. A seventh ship was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Martin
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:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cormorant, after the seabird, the cormorant:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Banterer:
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.
