Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Oroonoko, after Oroonoko, or possibly the Orinoco:
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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
Six ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Imperieuse:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Implacable:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trinidad, after the Caribbean island and former British possession Trinidad:
Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Actaeon or HMS Acteon, after Actaeon, a figure in Greek mythology:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Adder, after the snake:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elizabeth. Most of these ships have been named in honour of Queen Elizabeth I of England:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Bombay, after the Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai. Among them were:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sparrow, after the sparrow:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fawn:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Avon. Avon comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river".
Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forward:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Otter, for the otter.
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:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sandwich, either after the English seaside town of Sandwich, or one of the holders of the title Earl of Sandwich, particularly Vice-Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, or First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A seventh ship was planned, but never completed:
Launched on 24 April 1797, the gunboat GB No. 19 was reclassed as a gun-brig and renamed HMS Steady on 7 August the same year. She was a 12-gun Courser-class gun-brig built for the British Royal Navy at Limehouse. She sailed to the West Indies in early 1800. She was paid off in February 1803 but then recalled to service in 1805 as HMS Oronooko, a temporary prison ship at Trinidad. The Navy sold her at Barbadoes in 1806..
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hart including:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Torch:
Ten vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nightingale after the common nightingale:
HMS Oroonoko was the French privateer Eugène, which the Royal Navy bought in 1805 to replace the previous Oroonoko as a prison ship at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. She was sold in 1814.