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Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwall after the Duchy of Cornwall. Cornwall's motto is onen hag oll , unus et omnes , one and all - English).
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gibraltar, after the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Repulse:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Portland, either after Portland Harbour in Dorset or after holders of the title of the Duke of Portland:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achille, after the Greek hero Achilles. The French spelling celebrates the capture of ships of this name from the French.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
HMS Magnanime was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 October 1780 at Deptford Dockyard. She belonged to the Intrepid-class designed by Sir John Williams and later was razeed into a 44 gun frigate.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS America:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess, HMS Princesse or HMS Princessa:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Boston:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sandwich, either after the English seaside town of Sandwich, or one of the holders of the title Earl of Sandwich, particularly Vice-Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, or First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A seventh ship was planned, but never completed:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Levant, after the Levant, an historic name for the Eastern Mediterranean. A third was to have been renamed Levant, but this was never carried out:
Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Magnanime:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pandour, after the Pandurs, an 18th-century force of Croatian soldiers, who served the Habsburg Monarchy as skirmishers and who had a reputation for brutality:
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. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
