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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince of Wales, after numerous holders of the title the Prince of Wales.
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hussar, after the hussar.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Plymouth after the port of Plymouth in Devon:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diana after the figure from Roman mythology, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alexander:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firebrand.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Racehorse:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:
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:
Fourteen ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Merlin, after Merlin, the wizard in Arthurian legend :
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sulphur:
HMS Helena has been the name of several British Royal Navy ships, and may refer to:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Thunder, while an eleventh was planned but never built:
Ships bearing the name HMS Salamander include:
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2010) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (4th Rev. ed.). Newbury: Casemate. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.
