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HMS Queen Elizabeth could refer to one of three ships named in honour of Elizabeth I of England:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amethyst, whilst another was planned:
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Calliope after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology:
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:
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Poppy after the flower.
HMS Waterwitch has been the name of several Royal Navy vessels:
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:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melita, named after the island of Malta:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medusa, after the ancient Greek mythological figure Medusa:
Four ships of the Royal Navy and one shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European goldfinch:
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 Castor. Named after one of the Gemini twins in Greek mythology. Castor also means "he who excels".
Two vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Mandate:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arabis, after the flower, the Arabis.
Three Royal Navy ships have been names HMS Snapdragon, after the flower:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Carnation.
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready:
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.
