Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lincoln after the city of Lincoln:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newport after the Welsh city of Newport:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Yarmouth after the Norfolk town and port of Great Yarmouth:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Express, or Express:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chichester, after the city of Chichester:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trident or HMS Trydent, after the Trident, often associated with the Roman God of the Sea, Neptune:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shrewsbury, after the English town of Shrewsbury:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Basilisk, after the Basilisk, a mythical lizard:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Orford, named initially after the Suffolk town of Orford, but from 1697 after Admiral Edward Russell, who was created Earl of Orford in 1697:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Windsor, after the English town of Windsor, Berkshire:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hastings, after the town of Hastings. Another two were planned, but renamed before entering service:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Milford:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harwich, after the town of Harwich. A sixth was planned, but renamed before entering service:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seaford, after the coastal town of Seaford, now in East Sussex. A fifth was planned, but was not completed for the navy:
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:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newark, after the town Newark-on-Trent: