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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
At least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Olympia after Olympia, Greece:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hyacinth after the hyacinth flower:
Five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS President, after the office of president meaning "one who presides over an assembly". In the case of the first two British ships, the name may have applied to the Lord President of the Privy Council.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Alacrity:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Challenger, most famously the fifth, the survey vessel Challenger that carried the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1876.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Magnificent.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Irresistible. A fifth was planned but later renamed:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cossack, after the Cossack people of Eastern Europe, whilst another was begun but was cancelled while building:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Herald:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Six ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Raleigh, after Sir Walter Raleigh:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sappho, after the Ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho. Two more were planned but one was cancelled and one received a different name before launching:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Lawrence:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goshawk, after the bird of prey, the goshawk. A sixth ship was renamed before being launched:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blossom:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crocodile, after the large aquatic reptile, the crocodile:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Favourite, or HMS Favorite:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named Surly: