HMS Providence

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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Providence. Another was intended to bear the name:

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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:

The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:

Sixteen different ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed.

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Spitfire, while an eleventh was planned but renamed before entering service. All are named after the euphemistic translation of Cacafuego, a Spanish treasure galleon captured by Sir Francis Drake.

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.

HMS Rose and similar, is the name of several ships. These include:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:

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:

Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:

Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedwell:

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