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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achates after Achates, a character in Roman mythology. A sixth was planned but never completed:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor, including:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
The following ships of the Royal Navy were assigned the name Calypso, after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Parthian, after the ancient Iranic inhabitants of the Parthian Empire. Another was planned but never completed:
Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buzzard after the bird, the buzzard:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cordelia, named after the legendary Queen of the Britons:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Opossum, after the opossum:
At least seven vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crane.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pert:
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.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
