HMS St Andrew

Last updated December 16, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Andrew, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland:

HMS St Andrew (1596) was a 50-gun galleon captured from the Spanish in 1596 and given away in 1604.
HMS St Andrew (1622) was a 42-gun great ship (subsequently second rate) launched in 1622. She was known as Andrew during the Commonwealth, but regained her original name after the Restoration. She was wrecked in 1666.
HMS St Andrew (1670) was a 96-gun first-rate ship of the line launched in 1670. She was renamed HMS Royal Anne in 1703 and rebuilt as a 100-gun first rate. She was broken up in 1727, but remained listed until 1756.

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:

Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Repulse:

Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. A ninth ship was planned but never built. Ships

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:

Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nonsuch, presumably named after Nonsuch Palace:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince, including:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Barfleur after the Battle of Barfleur:

Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have been named Rose or HMS Rose after the rose:

Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Roebuck after a small deer native to the British Isles:

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Andrew:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMSSt George, after Saint George, the patron saint of England:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Royal Anne. A third was renamed before being launched:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Lawrence:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Royal William

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