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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Loyal:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have used 'Loyal' as part of their name, including:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Agincourt, named after the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quail after the quail.
Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Janus, after Janus, the two-faced God of Roman mythology:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hasty:
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:
Four British Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Ulysses:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Express, or Express:
Five ships of the Royal Navy and an air station of the Royal Naval Air Service have borne the name HMS Landrail, another name for the bird more commonly named a corn crake:
HMS Orlando has been the name of four ships of the Royal Navy.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird, the albatross. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Violet, after the flower of the genus viola:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sibyl or HMS Sybille, named for the Greek mythological figures, the Sibyls :
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Liffey, after the Irish river. Another was planned but renamed before entering service:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griffon, an alternative spelling of the legendary creature, the Griffin. Another ship was planned, but later cancelled and reordered from a different dockyard:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mallard, after the species of duck, the Mallard: