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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Solebay after the battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672, the first battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
The Téméraire-class ships of the line were a class of a hundred and twenty 74-gun ships of the line ordered between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy or its attached navies in dependent (French-occupied) territories. Although a few of these were cancelled, the type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built to a single design.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Woolwich, after the port town and naval base of Woolwich. An eleventh was planned but entered service under a different name.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blonde:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Laurel. Another was planned but never completed. The first British ship of the name served in the Commonwealth navy. All were named after the plant family Lauraceae.
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.
