HMS North Star

Last updated September 20, 2024

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS North Star, named after the pole star:

HMS North Star (1810) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1810. She was sold in 1817 and became the mercantile Columbo.
HMS North Star (1824) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1824. She was broken up in 1860.
HMS North Star II, built in 1893 as the steam yacht Venetia, used as an armed yacht 1915–19.^{[ citation needed ]}
HMS North Star (1916) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1916. She was sunk in 1918 by coastal artillery near Zeebrugge.

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeance.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Herald:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:

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:

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.

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