HMS Melville

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Melville:

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Challenger, most famously the fifth, the survey vessel Challenger that carried the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1876.

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Starling after the starling:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.

Numerous Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Dolphin after the dolphin.

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Adder, after the snake:

Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harrier:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Penguin. A penguin is a flightless aquatic bird.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Snapper:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plumper:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Star or HMS Starr:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elk, another name for the European moose:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magnet:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:

At least six vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Netley, named for the village of Netley.

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Swinger: