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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:
Six ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Imperieuse:
Twelve vessels of the French Navy have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
HMS Lively was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 July 1804 at Woolwich Dockyard, and commissioned later that month. She was the prototype of the Lively class of 18-pounder frigates, designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir William Rule. It was probably the most successful British frigate design of the Napoleonic Wars, to which fifteen more sister ships would be ordered between 1803 and 1812.
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:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Experiment:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
The Battle of Cape Santa Maria was a naval engagement that took place off the southern Portuguese coast, in which a British squadron under the command of Commodore Graham Moore attacked and defeated a Spanish squadron commanded by Brigadier Don José de Bustamante y Guerra during peace times and without previous war declaration to the Spaniard squadron, mainly formed by civilians travelling to the Spanish peninsula, violating Amiens peace treaty.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blonde:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
HMS Antigua has been the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, named after the Caribbean island of Antigua:
HMS Santa Margarita was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had been built for service with the Spanish Navy, but was captured after five years in service, eventually spending nearly 60 years with the British.
The action of 1 May 1781 was a naval engagement nearly 210 miles off the Port of Brest in which HMS Canada, a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy under Captain George Collier chased, intercepted and captured the 40-gun Spanish frigate Santa Leocadia, captained by Don Francisco Wenthuisen.
HMS Hamadryad may refer to:
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. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
