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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.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jupiter, after the Roman god Jupiter.
Three ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nelson in honour of Horatio Nelson:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newcastle, after the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne:
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dido, after Dido, the legendary founder and queen of Carthage.
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.
Fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Tiger after the feline tiger, with a number of others provisionally bearing the name at various stages in their construction:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Benbow, after Admiral John Benbow:
Six ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS Leander after the Greek hero Leander:
Four ships of the Royal Navy and a divisions of the Royal Naval Reserve have been named HMS Camperdown after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forth, after the River Forth:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Panther, after the panther, whilst another two were planned:
Six ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dartmouth, after the port of Dartmouth, whilst another two were planned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alarm, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sparrow, after the sparrow:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Snapper:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Liffey, after the Irish river. Another was planned but renamed before entering service: