Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Saracen, after the Saracens, a Medieval European term for Muslims:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion after the carnivorous arthropod, or the scorpion, a ballistic weapon in use in the Roman army:
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher, after the kingfisher bird:
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:
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:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Barracouta, after the fish Thyrsites atun. Another was renamed before being launched:
Nine ships and a base of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Curlew after the bird, the curlew:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
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 Mutine :
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:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elk, another name for the European moose:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cygnet, the name given to a young swan: