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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mary Galley:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Albans after the English city and ducal family of St Albans:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
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:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shoreham after the port town of Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex:
HMS Rose and similar, is the name of several ships. These include:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame, whilst another was planned:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named Adventure. A thirteenth was planned but never completed:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scarborough, after the town of Scarborough:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Maidstone, after the English town of Maidstone, or the Battle of Maidstone:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Louisa, after Princess Louisa:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Royal Anne. A third was renamed before being launched:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fowey, either after the Cornish town of Fowey, or the River Fowey which runs through it, whilst another two were planned:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lark or HMS Larke, after the bird, the lark:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Winchester, after the English city of Winchester:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Torrington, while the name has also been used for one ship of the navy during the Commonwealth period:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Deptford, named after Deptford, an area on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London.:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedwell:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bridgewater, while one ship of the navy of the Commonwealth of England has also carried the name: