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Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor, including:
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:
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arab:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Calliope after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acheron after Acheron, a river of Hades in Greek mythology.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaver, after the animal, the beaver:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Barracouta, after the fish Thyrsites atun. Another was renamed before being launched:
HMS Valorous has been the name of four ships of the Royal Navy:
Six ships of the Royal Navy, and one shore establishment, have borne the name HMS Nimrod, after the biblical figure of Nimrod:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cruizer or HMS Cruiser:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cordelia, named after the legendary Queen of the Britons:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cadmus, after Cadmus, a prince in Greek mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wizard.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named Grinder:
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
