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Culloden may refer to any of the following:
Eleven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grampus after two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, and Orcinus orca, also known as the killer whale.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brilliant.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion after the carnivorous arthropod, or the scorpion, a ballistic weapon in use in the Roman army:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Five Royal Navy ships have had the name of HMS Culloden, after the battle of Culloden which took place in Scotland in 1746 and saw the defeat of the Jacobite rising.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Saltash:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lichfield, after the town of Lichfield in Staffordshire.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Panther, after the panther, whilst another two were planned:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Colchester, after the town of Colchester:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firebrand.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:
Nine vessels of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been named HMS Porcupine, after the porcupine, a rodent belonging to the families Erethizontidae or Hystricidae.
HMS Hazard was a 14-gun Merlin-class sloop launched in 1744. She was captured in November 1745 by Jacobite forces in Montrose harbour and was sailed to Dunkirk and was renamed Le Prince Charles.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Anglesea. A fourth Royal Navy vessel carried the related name HMS Anglesey:
Ten vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nightingale after the common nightingale:
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.
