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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quorn, all named after the Quorn Hunt.
At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Centaur, after the half-human, half-horse centaur of Greek mythology:
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
HMS Quorn was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built in 1940 and sunk off the Normandy coast on 3 August 1944. The class were named after British fox and stag hunts, in this case, the Quorn Hunt, predominately based in Leicestershire.
HMS Quorn, the third ship of this name, was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 23 January 1988, as the last ship of her class.
The Hunt class is a class of thirteen mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy. As built, they combined the separate roles of the traditional minesweeper and that of the active minehunter in one hull, but later modifications saw the removal of mine-sweeping equipment. They have a secondary role as offshore patrol vessels.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atherstone after the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, or after its hunt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brocklesby after the Brocklesby hunt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cattistock after the Cattistock hunt:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orpheus. Orpheus was the magical father of songs in Greek mythology.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Onslow:
HMS Atherstone was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy, the third ship to bear the name. She was built by Vosper Thornycroft shipbuilders at Woolston, Southampton. She was launched on 1 March 1986 by Mrs Amy Jarvis, the wife of Mr Pat Jarvis, CB, the Deputy Controller of the Navy at the Ministry of Defence, and commissioned on 17 January 1987. She was the tenth ship of her class.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Exmoor, after the Exmoor fox hunt:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eridge:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oakley:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Holderness. They were "Hunt-class" ships of different periods, named after the Holderness Hunt which operates in the Holderness area of Yorkshire.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eglinton.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Heythrop:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cotswold: