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HMS Queen Elizabeth could refer to one of three ships named in honour of Elizabeth I of England:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:
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:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amethyst, whilst another was planned:
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Calliope after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology:
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:
HMS Waterwitch has been the name of several Royal Navy vessels:
Four vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ribble, after the English river:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Termagant, after Termagant, a god that Medieval Europeans believed Muslims worshipped, and that later came to be popularised by Shakespeare to mean a bullying person:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melita, named after the island of Malta:
Six ships of the Royal Navy, and one shore establishment, have borne the name HMS Nimrod, after the biblical figure of Nimrod:
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 Arabis, after the flower, the Arabis.
Three Royal Navy ships have been names HMS Snapdragon, after the flower:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Oracle:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Carnation.
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready:
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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
