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Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thetis, named after the sea-nymph in Greek mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeance.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Herald:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nymphe, HMS Nymph or HMS Nymphen after the Nymphs of Greek Mythology. Another was planned but never completed:
Seven ships of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been called HMS Pallas. See Pallas (disambiguation) for various figures called "Pallas" in Greek mythology.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diana after the figure from Roman mythology, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
The following ships of the Royal Navy were assigned the name Calypso, after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falmouth, after the town of Falmouth:
Five or six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwallis, after Admiral Sir William Cornwallis.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Termagant, after Termagant, a god that Medieval Europeans believed Muslims worshipped, and that later came to be popularised by Shakespeare to mean a bullying person:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Champion:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alarm, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Banterer:
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.
