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Four ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sultan.

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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.

Three vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bee, after the insect, the bee. A third ship was ordered but never completed:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Singapore Naval Base</span> Military unit

His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, also Her Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, alternatively known as the Singapore Naval Base, Sembawang Naval Base and HMS Sembawang, was situated in Sembawang at the northern tip of Singapore and was both a Royal Navy shore establishment and a cornerstone of British defence policy in the Far East between the World Wars. From 1921 to 1941 it was a China Station base, from 1941 to 1945 a repair facility for the Imperial Japanese Navy and from 1945 to 1958 a Far East Fleet base. Today, it is a commercial dockyard but British military activity still exists at the British Defence Singapore Support Unit (BDSSU).

Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Daedalus, after the mythical Daedalus:

Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Actaeon or HMS Acteon, after Actaeon, a figure in Greek mythology:

Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buzzard after the bird, the buzzard:

Five ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caledonia after the Latin name for Scotland:

Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hannibal after the Carthaginian leader Hannibal:

Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke.

Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortitude:

HMS <i>Saker</i> Stone frigate for Royal Navy personnel serving in the United States of America

HMS Saker, also known as HMS Saker I, HMS Saker II and HMS Saker III, has historically been the ship to which Royal Naval personnel serving in the United States of America are assigned. Consequently, it is a stone frigate, and has existed at several different locations since the Second World War.

HMS <i>President</i> (shore establishment) Shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

HMS President is a "stone frigate", or shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve, based on the northern bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge in Wapping and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

HMS <i>Ferret</i> (1940 shore establishment) Shore establishment and naval base of the Royal Navy during the Second World War

HMS Ferret was a shore establishment and naval base of the Royal Navy during the Second World War, located in Derry. It was given a ship's name as a stone frigate.

Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wildfire:

Four ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forward:

Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cochrane, after Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald:

One ship and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rooke after Admiral Sir George Rooke:

HMS <i>Porcupine</i> (G93)

HMS Porcupine was a P-class destroyer built by Vickers Armstrong on the River Tyne. She was ordered on 20 October 1939, laid down on 26 December 1939 and launched on 10 June 1941. She was commissioned on 31 August 1942, but had a relatively short active career. She was torpedoed in 1942 but salvaged and not finally broken up until 1947.