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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermes, after Hermes, the messenger god of Greek mythology, while another was planned:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher, after the kingfisher bird:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Starling after the starling:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Eight ships of Britain's Royal Navy have been named HMS Eclipse:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the porpoise:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britomart, after the Britomartis of Greek mythology:
Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonetta:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dart, after the River Dart in Devon:
References
- ↑ London Docklands Museum artefact notes
- ↑ Gray, Randal, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN 0-87021-907-3, p. 84.
