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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Three ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nelson in honour of Horatio Nelson:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the Scottish city of Glasgow:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Agincourt, named after the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed.
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dido, after Dido, the legendary founder and queen of Carthage.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bacchante, from "Bacchante" – the name for a priestess of the Roman god Bacchus. Yet another ship of this name was ordered but later cancelled.
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.
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Aurora or HMS Aurore, after the Roman Goddess of the dawn.
Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leopard after the leopard:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jupiter, after the Roman god Jupiter.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Plymouth after the port of Plymouth in Devon:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buffalo:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariadne, after the Greek goddess:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Avon. Avon comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river".
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Penguin. A penguin is a flightless aquatic bird.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lark or HMS Larke, after the bird, the lark:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid: