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Three 19th-century ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Java, named after the island of Java in Indonesia.
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
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.
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:
Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Challenger, most famously the fifth, the survey vessel Challenger that carried the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1876.
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.
Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Daedalus, after the mythical Daedalus:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rainbow, after the rainbow, a common meteorological phenomenon:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alexander:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Union:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dover, after the English town and seaport of Dover:
HMS Amphion was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate, the lead ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1790s. She served during the Napoleonic Wars.
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Psyche. Two more were planned, but never completed.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Anglesea. A fourth Royal Navy vessel carried the related name HMS Anglesey:
Several ships have been named Swallow for the bird Swallow: