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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Renown, whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rodney, of which at least the last five were named after the Georgian Admiral George, Lord Rodney. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Devonshire, originally in honour of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, and later after the county of Devonshire.
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Venerable:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Four ships of the Royal Navy and a divisions of the Royal Naval Reserve have been named HMS Camperdown after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boyne after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.
Five Royal Navy ships have had the name of HMS Culloden, after the battle of Culloden which took place in Scotland in 1746 and saw the defeat of the Jacobite rising.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Aboukir, after Abu Qir Bay, the site of the Battle of the Nile:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sandwich, either after the English seaside town of Sandwich, or one of the holders of the title Earl of Sandwich, particularly Vice-Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, or First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A seventh ship was planned, but never completed:
References
- Colledge, J. J. (1987) Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the fifteenth century to the present, London: Greenhill, ISBN 0-947898-75-1
