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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Terpsichore, after Terpsichore, one of the Muses of Greek mythology:
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cumberland, after the traditional English county of Cumberland, England:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
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:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ramillies after the Battle of Ramillies :
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Solebay after the battle of Solebay on 7 June 1672, the first battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher, after the Kingfisher bird:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chichester, after the city of Chichester:
HMS Majestic was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched on 11 December 1785 at Deptford. She fought at the Battle of the Nile, where she engaged the French ships Tonnant and Heureux, helping to force their surrenders. She was captained by George Blagdon Westcott, who was killed in the battle.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blonde:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sibyl or HMS Sybille, named for the Greek mythological figures, the Sibyls :
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hind or HMS Hynd:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Modeste: