Two ships have borne the name HMS Nith.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hercules, or HMS Hercule, after the Greek and Roman hero Hercules. Another was launched, but never served in the Navy:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Africa, after the continent of Africa. Two others were planned:
At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achilles, after the Greek hero Achilles. Four others, mostly prizes, have had the French spelling of the name, Achille.
Eight vessels and one shore station of the Royal Navy were named HMS Grasshopper, named for the grasshopper, a common type of herbivorous insect.
HMS Barossa or HMS Barrosa, named for the Battle of Barossa (1811), has been the name of four ships of the British Royal Navy:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Starling after the starling:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Exmouth, after Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth:
Nine ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gannet, after the seabird the Gannet:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Biter. Another was planned:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Iris after the Greek mythological figure Iris or after the flower by that name. A ninth was planned but renamed before entering service:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trent, after the River Trent:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blanche:
HMS Esk may refer to one of the following Royal Navy ships named Esk after a Celtic word meaning a river:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Test, after the River Test:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Liffey, after the Irish river. Another was planned but renamed before entering service:
HMS Nith was a White Type River Class Destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903–1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Nith in southern Scotland, on the West Coast, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.
HMS Nith was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy during World War II. In 1948, she was transferred to the Egyptian Navy and given the name Domiat.