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Eight vessels and one shore station of the Royal Navy were named HMS Grasshopper, named for the grasshopper, a common type of herbivorous insect.
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Onyx, after the mineral Onyx. Another was renamed before being launched:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaver, after the animal, the beaver:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Parthian, after the ancient Iranic inhabitants of the Parthian Empire. Another was planned but never completed:
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Flirt:
Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariel, possibly after the archangel Ariel in Judeo-Christian mysticism, but certainly influenced by Shakespeare's "airy spirit" of the same name:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magnet:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plover, after the species of bird, the Plover:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Savage:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lapwing, after the northern lapwing, a species of bird:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Pheasant:
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.
