Three ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Raider.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Centaur, after the half-human, half-horse centaur of Greek mythology:
Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Salmon after the fish:
Four Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Grenville. Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orpheus. Orpheus was the magical father of songs in Greek mythology.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Satyr, after the figure from mythology:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Simoom, after the desert wind, the Simoom:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cambrian, after Cambria, the classical name for Wales:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Starfish, after the Starfish, a marine creature:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Sable after the small carnivorous mammal:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rocket. Another was planned but never completed:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cassandra after Cassandra, of Greek mythology. A fourth was planned, but never completed:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Redoubt, for the redoubt, a type of enclosed fort:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pellew, after Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, or his brother, Admiral Sir Israel Pellew. A fourth was planned but renamed before being launched:
There have been two ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Rosalind, named after the protagonist in William Shakespeare's As You Like It:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trenchant:
At least three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sarpedon. They are named after Sarpedon, a Greek hero and son of Zeus.
There have been three ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Redgauntlet after the novel by Sir Walter Scott:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Relentless: