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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 Abdiel, after Abdiel, a seraph in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Offa, after Offa of Mercia. A third was renamed before being launched:
Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cricket, after the cricket, an insect native to Britain:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kempenfelt, after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt:
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:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Frobisher, after the Elizabethan explorer and adventurer Martin Frobisher:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Champion:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medusa, after the ancient Greek mythological figure Medusa:
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:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mystic
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gabriel, after the angel Gabriel. Two others were planned:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Larne, after the town of Larne. A fifth was renamed shortly before being launched:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wakeful. Another was planned but renamed before being launched:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Portia. Another was renamed before being launched, while yet another was never completed:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Narborough, after Rear-Admiral Sir John Narborough. A third was planned, but renamed shortly before being launched:
At least three ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Kriti after the Greek island of Crete:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Louis, after Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis:
One ship, and two shore establishments, of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lochinvar:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Redwing, after the redwing. Another was renamed before being launched, and another was cancelled.