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Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
Six Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Southampton. All were named after Southampton, a port on the south coast of England.
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruiser or HMS Bruizer.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brilliant.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion after the carnivorous arthropod, or the scorpion, a ballistic weapon in use in the Roman army:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor, including:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Shark after the shark:
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boyne after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Canopus:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
HMS Waterwitch has been the name of several Royal Navy vessels:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Miranda.
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.
HMS Cheerful was a 30-knot, three-funnel torpedo boat destroyer built by Hawthorn Leslie. She was ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates, launched in 1898 and saw action during World War I. She was mined off the Shetland Islands in 1917 and sank with the loss of 44 officers and men.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oakley:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Teazer :
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Thruster:
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
