HMS Oak

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Oak, after the tree, the oak:

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Note that the early ships named HMS Royal Oak were often mentioned in records with the word "Royal" omitted.

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cardiff, after the Welsh capital city, Cardiff:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:

Twelve ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named Lizard after The Lizard, a peninsula in Cornwall.

Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:

Many ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Garland. The name dates back to 1242, being the oldest confirmed ship name in the Royal Navy.

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orange Tree

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Adam & Eve:

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Advantage:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falmouth, after the town of Falmouth:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Duchess:

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.

Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:

Fourteen ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Merlin, after Merlin, the wizard in Arthurian legend :

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plover, after the species of bird, the Plover:

Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:

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