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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.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Caroline or HMS Princess Carolina:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Royal:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caroline:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vigilant:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falmouth, after the town of Falmouth:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Charlotte, after either Charlotte, Princess Royal, daughter of George III, or Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, daughter of George IV:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undaunted:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blanche:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphitrite, or HMS Amfitrite, after Amphitrite, a sea goddess of Greek mythology:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess, HMS Princesse or HMS Princessa:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unity or HMS Unite:
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:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Justitia, after the goddess Justitia, of Roman mythology:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sandwich, either after the English seaside town of Sandwich, or one of the holders of the title Earl of Sandwich, particularly Vice-Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, or First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A seventh ship was planned, but never completed:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have either borne the name HMS Samarang or were intended to bear the name, after the port of Samarang, the site of HMS Psyche's capture of several Dutch vessels there in 1807.
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diligent.