At least five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Spiteful;
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Naiad after a Greek mythological figure, the Naiad
Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Numerous French vessels have borne the name Téméraire. Note that several British ships have had the same name, see HMS Temeraire.
Eight ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Badger, after the Eurasian badger:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ranger
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
HMS Lively was a 32-gun fifth-rate Alcmene-class frigate of the British Royal Navy launched on 23 October 1794 at Northam, Devon. She took part in three actions one a single-ship action, one a major battle, and one a cutting-out boat expedition – that would in 1847 qualify her crews for the issuance of the Naval General Service Medal. Lively was wrecked in 1798.
Jean Bart may refer to one of the following ships of the French Navy or privateers named in honour of Jean Bart, a French naval commander and privateer.
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mary:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peterel:
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
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:
HMS Hornet was a 16-gun ship-rigged sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, ordered 18 February 1793, built by Marmaduke Stalkart and launched 3 February 1794 at Rotherhithe. Hornet saw most of her active duty during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Napoleonic Wars she served for about six years as a hospital ship before being laid up in 1811 and sold in 1817.
During the French Revolutionary War Trompeuse, meaning “misleading” or “deceptive”, was a popular name for French naval vessels, privateers, and even merchant vessels. Warships of the Royal Navy captured or destroyed at least four vessels under that name.
HMS Quebec was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1816. She sailed under various captains, participating in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. During these wars she captured many enemy merchantmen and smaller privateers. One action led to her men qualifying for clasp to the Naval General Service Medal.