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Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaver, after the animal, the beaver:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Delight:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cormorant, after the seabird, the cormorant:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scout:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seagull or HMS Sea Gull, after the gull:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Victor:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hyaena, after the Hyena, a family of carnivorous mammals. Two others were planned but either commissioned under another name or cancelled.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cygnet, the name given to a young swan:
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:
There have been five ships named HMS Snap in the Royal Navy:
Three vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rolla:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Growler
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.
