HMS Puncher

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Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Puncher.

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:

Two Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Endurance after Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, the ship crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea during his 1914–1915 Antarctic expedition. The ships' motto, Fortitudine Vincimus, was Shackleton's family motto.

At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior:

Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphion, after the Greek hero Amphion.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victorious.

Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood:

Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Royal:

Six ships and a naval station of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Tamar, after the River Tamar in South West England:

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Canopus:

HMS Vindictive has been the name of several Royal Navy ships

HMS <i>Puncher</i> (P291) 1988 Archer-class patrol and training vessel

HMS Puncher is an Archer-class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. She is permanently based at HMNB Portsmouth and forms part of the First Patrol Boat Squadron (1PBS). Puncher is primarily tasked with training the officer cadets and midshipmen of the University of London's University Royal Naval Unit. She also provides a training platform for young officers undertaking training during the Royal Navy's initial warfare officers' course, and has also been used in the coastal protection role, most notably during Operation Olympic, the security operation surrounding the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Two ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vernon, possibly after Admiral Edward Vernon:

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Bombay, after the Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai. Among them were:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Lawrence:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Investigator. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched. The name Investigator passed on to the Royal Indian Navy and after India's Independence, to its successor the Indian Navy where the lineage of naming survey ships Investigator continues unbroken.

Three vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name Sophie:

Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Weser for the River Weser:

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