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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the Scottish city of Glasgow:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Queen. It is one of the oldest ship names of the Royal Navy dating from the time of Henry III of England.
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.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal George after various members of the House of Hanover. A ninth was renamed before being launched:
Several Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Diamond.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lowestoft, or the archaic HMS Lowestoffe, after the Suffolk town of Lowestoft:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
HMS Aldborough is the name of several Royal Navy vessels:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Panther, after the panther, whilst another two were planned:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Boston:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bideford, or the archaic variant HMS Biddeford, after the port town of Bideford, Devon. A sixth was planned but never built:
Numerous ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Portsmouth, after the English port city and home of a naval base.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2010) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (4th Rev. ed.). Newbury: Casemate. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.
