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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Junon, a French form of the goddess Juno, of Roman mythology:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Aurora or HMS Aurore, after the Roman Goddess of the dawn.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Juno after the Roman goddess Juno:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Andromache, after the figure of Andromache in Greek mythology. A fifth was planned but never completed.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rainbow, after the rainbow, a common meteorological phenomenon:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Charlotte, after either Charlotte, Princess Royal, daughter of George III, or Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, daughter of George IV:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS America:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crescent:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blanche:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Astraea, HMS Astree or HMS Astrea, after the figure of Astraea in Greek mythology:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Milford:
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Junon, in honour of Juno:
The Junon was a Gloire class 40-gun frigate of the French Navy. Launched in 1806, she saw service during the Napoleonic Wars, escorting merchant convoys to France's besieged Caribbean colonies. In February 1809 she was captured at sea after a fierce engagement with four Royal Navy vessels.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alcmene. In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena was the mother of Heracles:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mediator:
Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean, was an unsuccessful operation by a French naval squadron to transport supplies to Guadeloupe in December 1809 at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Over the previous year, British Royal Navy squadrons had isolated and defeated the French Caribbean colonies one by one, until by the autumn Guadeloupe was the only colony remaining in French hands. Cut off from the rest of the world by British blockade squadrons that intercepted all ships coming to or from the island, Guadeloupe was in a desperate situation, facing economic collapse, food shortages and social upheaval, as well as the impending threat of British invasion. In an effort to reinforce and resupply the colony, the French government sent four vessels to the West Indies in November 1809 under Commodore François Roquebert. Two of the ships were 20-gun flûtes carrying supplies and troops. The two others were 40-gun frigates, ordered to protect the storeships on their journey from the British forces operating off both the French and Guadeloupe coasts.
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.
At least four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Nereide, after the Nereid :
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeur.