Three vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mignonne, which means "dainty" in French. [lower-alpha 1]
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology:
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:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Guerriere, French for "warrior".
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Charlotte, after either Charlotte, Princess Royal, daughter of George III, or Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, daughter of George IV:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alexander:
HMS Hercule was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was previously Hercule, a Téméraire class ship of the line of the French Navy, but was captured on her maiden voyage in 1798, and spent the rest of her career as a British ship. She was broken up in 1810.
HMS Goliath was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy. She was launched on 19 October 1781 at Deptford Dockyard. She was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile, and Battle of Copenhagen. She was broken up in 1815.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Mignonne was an 18-gun Etna-class corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1795. She served until 1803 when the British captured her. Though she served briefly, there is no record of her actually being commissioned into the Royal Navy; she grounded and was condemned in 1804.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hawk after the bird of prey, the hawk:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Racehorse:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oiseau, after the French for bird:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
At least four vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Belette.
At least six vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Netley, named for the village of Netley.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pandour, after the Pandurs, an 18th-century force of Croatian soldiers, who served the Habsburg Monarchy as skirmishers and who had a reputation for brutality:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diligent.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Musette:
Two vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named Demerara for Demerara: