There have been two ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Opal:
Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
Six ships that were built for the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean. The name Ocean entered the list from which names are selected for British ships in 1759, when the Royal Navy captured the French ship named Océan. The British studied the French technology of this ship and admired it, but the ship had to be in bad shape before it would be replaced by a new-build.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:
Nine ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean:
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Four ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Boadicea after Boadicea, queen of the Iceni in Roman Britain, whilst another ship was planned but never completed:
HMS Opal was an Admiralty M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War following her construction at Sunderland in 1915. Attached to the 12th Destroyer Flotilla based with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, Opal had an eventful short life, which ended in shipwreck after two and a half years of service.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Champion:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Virago, after the term virago, to mean a strong, warlike woman:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Constance, whilst another was planned:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magic. A third was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Four ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tenedos, after the island of Tenedos:
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:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mallard, after the species of duck, the Mallard: