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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Preston:
Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship, which revolutionized battleship design, became one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:
Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
Nine ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean:
Six Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Southampton. All were named after Southampton, a port on the south coast of England.
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.
Seven ships of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been called HMS Pallas. See Pallas (disambiguation) for various figures called "Pallas" in Greek mythology.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Maidstone, after the English town of Maidstone, or the Battle of Maidstone:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Alderney, named after the Island of Alderney.
Eight ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Worcester, after the English city of Worcester:
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:
Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS America:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lark or HMS Larke, after the bird, the lark:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Winchester, after the English city of Winchester:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Liffey, after the Irish river. Another was planned but renamed before entering service:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Favourite, or HMS Favorite:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crown. Another was planned but never completed: