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Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire (French for "reckless") from the French in 1759:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hercules, or HMS Hercule, after the Greek and Roman hero Hercules. Another was launched, but never served in the Navy:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bristol, after the English port city of Bristol:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Renown, whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:
Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Danae, after the Greek heroine Danaë.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conqueror, and another was planned:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:
Six ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Imperieuse:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:
Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Formidable with a fifth, the French Formidable, renamed HMS Ham after being captured and recommissioned; a sixth has been announced:
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Eighteen Royal Navy ships and two schools have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Laurel. Another was planned but never completed. The first British ship of the name served in the Commonwealth navy. All were named after the plant family Lauraceae.