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Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
Eight vessels and one shore station of the Royal Navy were named HMS Grasshopper, named for the grasshopper, a common type of herbivorous insect.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Niger after the Niger River, whilst another was planned.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pioneer:
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:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named Adventure. A thirteenth was planned but never completed:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:
HMS Esk may refer to one of the following Royal Navy ships named Esk after a Celtic word meaning a river:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magnet:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Algerine:
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Espoir, after the French word for "hope":
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jaseur, the name coming from the French for the waxwing.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leven, probably after the River Leven, Fife in Scotland.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Camel, after the camel:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Swinger:
Several ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medina, after the River Medina on the Isle of Wight:
References
- 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.
