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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Vampire.
Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Swordfish after the fish.
The British U-class submarines were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War. The class is sometimes known as the Undine class, after the first submarine built. A further development was the British V-class submarine of 1942.
The Royal Navy Submarine Service is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. It is sometimes known as the Silent Service, as submarines are generally required to operate undetected.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Onslow:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS P48.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS P33.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS P32.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS P36.
There have been five ships of the Royal Navy to bear the name HMS Urchin after the Sea urchin:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Two Royal Navy ships have been called HMS S1:
HMS H32 was a H-class submarine constructed for the Royal Navy. The submarine entered service in 1919 and served in the Second World War, one of only seven of the class to do so. During Warship Week 1942 H32 was adopted by Lydney RDC (Gloucestershire). The submarine was sold for scrap in 1944.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cachalot, after the marine mammal, the cachalot, or sperm whale:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trusty:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Spey, after the River Spey, in Scotland:
HMS Tempest was the name of two Royal Navy warships:
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