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HMS Queen Elizabeth could refer to one of three ships named in honour of Elizabeth I of England:
Two Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Endurance after Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, the ship crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea during his 1914–1915 Antarctic expedition. The ships' motto, Fortitudine Vincimus, was Shackleton's family motto.
There have been two Royal Navy ships called HMS Maori after the indigenous people of New Zealand:
Four Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Grenville. Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier:
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:
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Poppy after the flower.
Four ships of the Royal Navy and one shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European goldfinch.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Castor. Named after one of the Gemini twins in Greek mythology. Castor also means "he who excels".
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Begonia after the flower.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Morning Star, after the poetic name for Venus:
Two vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Mandate:
Two vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Nessus after Nessus, a centaur of 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 been named Bullfinch.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Carnation.
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Primula:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready:
References
- Colledge, J. J. & Warlow, Ben (2021) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (5th ed.). London: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9-7815-2679-328-7.
