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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:
The following ships of the Royal Navy were assigned the name Calypso, after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology:
Several ships of the Royal Navy has been named HMS Heron after the wading bird.
Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chameleon, or the archaic variants HMS Cameleon or HMS Camelion, after the Chameleon:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Harrier:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:
HMS Reindeer was a Royal Navy Mariner-class composite screw gunvessel of 8 guns.
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cormorant, after the seabird, the cormorant:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Espiegle
HMS Mariner was the name-ship of the Royal Navy Mariner-class composite screw gunvessel of 8 guns.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scout:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ringdove, another name for the Barbary dove:
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Espoir, after the French word for "hope":
Five vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Harlequin.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:
References
- ↑ Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889 . London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
