Two ships of the Royal Navy built at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard were intended to be HMS Royal Frederick, but renamed before being launched:
Six ships that were built for the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean. The name Ocean entered the list from which names are selected for British ships in 1759, when the Royal Navy captured the French ship named Océan. The British studied the French technology of this ship and admired it, but the ship had to be in bad shape before it would be replaced by a new-build.
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Agincourt, named after the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Sovereign, while another was planned but renamed before being launched:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bulwark, after the reference to the Navy as the 'bulwark' (defence) of the country:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Minotaur after the minotaur, a creature in Greek mythology:
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kangaroo, after the kangaroo.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Queen. It is one of the oldest ship names of the Royal Navy dating from the time of Henry III of England.
HMS Queen was a 110-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 May 1839 at Portsmouth. She was the last purely sailing built battleship to be ordered. Subsequent ones were ordered with sails and steam engines as well. All British battleships were constructed with sailing rig until the 1870s. HMS Queen had an auxiliary steam engine fitted in late 1850s. She was broken up in 1871.
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Foudroyant :
The Vanguard-class ships of the line were a class of two-deck 80-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Symonds, of which nine were completed as sailing ships of the line, although another two of these were completed as steam warships.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bittern, after the bird, the bittern:
Six ships of the Royal Navy, and one shore establishment, have borne the name HMS Nimrod, after the biblical figure of Nimrod:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cruizer or HMS Cruiser:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medusa, after the ancient Greek mythological figure Medusa:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Liffey, after the Irish river. Another was planned but renamed before entering service:
HMS Frederick William was an 86-gun screw-propelled first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.