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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amazon, after the mythical female warriors.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Gurkha, while two have been named HMS Ghurka, after a people who originate in Nepal and who serve with distinction in the British Army as part of the Brigade of Gurkhas.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brocklesby after the Brocklesby hunt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cattistock after the Cattistock hunt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cottesmore after the Cottesmore hunt:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arrow, after the projectile:
HMS Bramham (L51) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down in Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyards Govan, Scotland on 7 April 1941. She was launched on 29 January 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 June 1942. She was named after the Bramham Moor Hunt and has been the only Royal Navy warship to bear the name. She was adopted by the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire during the Warship Week savings campaign of 1942.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Simoom, after the desert wind, the Simoom:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sibyl or HMS Sybille, named for the Greek mythological figures, the Sibyls :
HMS Eridge was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Blackmore, named after Blackmore, Essex:
Nine vessels of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been named HMS Porcupine, after the porcupine, a rodent belonging to the families Erethizontidae or Hystricidae.
HMS Zetland was a Royal Navy Type II Hunt-class destroyer, named after the Zetland Hunt.
HMS Oakley was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was originally to have been named Tickham, however she was renamed after her sister ship Oakley was transferred to Poland and was renamed ORP Kujawiak (L72). She entered service in May 1943, carrying out convoy escort, patrol and anti-shipping attacks for most of the rest of the Second World War. She was adopted by the Civil community of Leighton Buzzard in Bedforshire as part of Warship Week in 1942. In 1957, she was sold to the West German Navy, serving as a training ship for the German Naval Gunnery school until scrapped in 1972.
HMS Wilton was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Heythrop:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Zetland:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Thruster:
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.
