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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Orford, named initially after the Suffolk town of Orford, but from 1697 after Admiral Edward Russell, who was created Earl of Orford in 1697:
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:
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Eleven vessels, and one planned, of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gloucester, after Gloucester, the city in England.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Newport after the Welsh city of Newport:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Portland, either after Portland Harbour in Dorset or after holders of the title of the Duke of Portland:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Salisbury after the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chichester, after the city of Chichester:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rainbow, after the rainbow, a common meteorological phenomenon:
Six ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dartmouth, after the port of Dartmouth, whilst another two were planned:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cambridge, after the English town of Cambridge or after one of the Dukes of Cambridge:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bedford, named initially after William Russell, created Duke of Bedford in May 1694 and not after the town of Bedford:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shrewsbury, after the English town of Shrewsbury:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Namur, after the capture of the Belgian city of Namur by William III in 1695, whilst another was launched, but never completed:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Winchester, after the English city of Winchester:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hastings, after the town of Hastings. Another two were planned, but renamed before entering service:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Milford:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seaford, after the coastal town of Seaford, now in East Sussex. A fifth was planned, but was not completed for the navy: