Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Humber, after the Humber, an estuary in eastern England, whilst another was planned:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mersey after the River Mersey:
Five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS President, after the office of president meaning "one who presides over an assembly". In the case of the first two British ships, the name may have applied to the Lord President of the Privy Council.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Portland, either after Portland Harbour in Dorset or after holders of the title of the Duke of Portland:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buffalo:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke.
Six ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dartmouth, after the port of Dartmouth, whilst another two were planned:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedy:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forester: