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Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher, after the kingfisher bird:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:
Several Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Diamond.
Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:
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:
Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vulture, including:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
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:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plover, after the species of bird, the Plover:
Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
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