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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
Six ships that were built for the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean. The name Ocean entered the list from which names are selected for British ships in 1759, when the Royal Navy captured the French ship named Océan. The British studied the French technology of this ship and admired it, but the ship had to be in bad shape before it would be replaced by a new-build.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bacchante, from "Bacchante" – the name for a priestess of the Roman god Bacchus. Yet another ship of this name was ordered but later cancelled.
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Furious:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Abdiel, after Abdiel, a seraph in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Onslaught:
Four ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Boadicea after Boadicea, queen of the Iceni in Roman Britain, whilst another ship was planned but never completed:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kempenfelt, after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melita, named after the island of Malta:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Champion:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Havelock, after General Sir Henry Havelock:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Opportune:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Constance, whilst another was planned:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magic. A third was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Narwhal, after the marine mammal, the narwhal:
Multiple ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Primrose including:
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