Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melita, named after the island of Malta:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince of Wales, after numerous holders of the title the Prince of Wales.
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Express, or Express:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ranger
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Bombay, after the Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai. Among them were:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sparrow, after the sparrow:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Avon. Avon comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river".
HMS Melita was a Royal Navy Mariner-class composite screw sloop of 8 guns, launched in 1888 and commissioned in 1892. She was the only significant Royal Navy warship ever to be built in Malta Dockyard, She was renamed HMS Ringdove in 1915 as a salvage vessel and in 1920 was sold to the Falmouth Docks Company, which changed her name to Ringdove's Aid. She was sold again in 1926 to the Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association, renamed Restorer, and finally broken up in 1937, 54 years after her keel was laid.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plover, after the species of bird, the Plover:
Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ringdove, another name for the Barbary dove:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rocket. Another was planned but never completed:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Moorhen, after the moorhen, a water bird:
HMS Ringdove was a Redbreast-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 30 April 1889.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dove after the bird family Columbidae:
At least six ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS Daphne after the naiad Daphne: