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One ship and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monck, after George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle.
Three ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ceres, after the goddess Ceres of Roman mythology.
Twelve ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named Lizard after The Lizard, a peninsula in Cornwall.
Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. A ninth ship was planned but never built. Ships
Landing craft are small and medium seagoing watercraft, such as boats and barges, used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. The term excludes landing ships, which are larger. Production of landing craft peaked during World War II, with a significant number of different designs produced in large quantities by the United Kingdom and United States.
Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britannia, after Britannia, the goddess and personification of Great Britain:
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:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.
Five major warships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Thunderer :
Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Daedalus, after the mythical Daedalus:
Five ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caledonia after the Latin name for Scotland:
Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hannibal after the Carthaginian leader Hannibal:
Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke.
Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortitude:
Four ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sultan.
HMS Ferret was a shore establishment and naval base of the Royal Navy during the Second World War, located in Derry. It was given a ship's name as a stone frigate.
Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wildfire:
Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forward:
Three ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Quebec, after the city of Quebec in Canada:
One ship and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS King Alfred, after Alfred the Great: