Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kale:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achilles, after the Greek hero Achilles. Four others, mostly prizes, have had the French spelling of the name, Achille.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acheron after Acheron, a river of Hades in Greek mythology.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named Adventure. A thirteenth was planned but never completed:
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boyne after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Clyde after the River Clyde that runs through the city of Glasgow, Scotland. For Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde see HMNB Clyde.
Four vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ribble, after the English river:
HMS Kale was a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903–1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forward:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Doon:
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:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dart, after the River Dart in Devon:
Two ships have borne the name HMS Jed.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chelmer:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rother: