Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Primula:
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwall after the Duchy of Cornwall. Cornwall's motto is onen hag oll , unus et omnes , one and all - English).
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amethyst, whilst another was planned:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Calliope after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology:
Four ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Boadicea after Boadicea, queen of the Iceni in Roman Britain, whilst another ship was planned but never completed:
HMS Waterwitch has been the name of several Royal Navy vessels:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Termagant, after Termagant, a god that Medieval Europeans believed Muslims worshipped, and that later came to be popularised by Shakespeare to mean a bullying person:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medusa, after the ancient Greek mythological figure Medusa:
Four ships of the Royal Navy and one shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European goldfinch:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Morning Star, after the poetic name for Venus:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arabis, after the flower, the Arabis.
Three Royal Navy ships have been names HMS Snapdragon, after the flower:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Oracle:
Three ships of the Royal Navy and one of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name Resource:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Carnation.
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready: