Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Thais:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet, after the insect:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor, including:
Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher, after the kingfisher bird:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:
President most commonly refers to:
Nine ships and a base of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Curlew after the bird, the curlew:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cruizer or HMS Cruiser:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mutine :
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lark or HMS Larke, after the bird, the lark:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Squirrel after the animal, while four more carried the name while serving as fishery protection vessels. Another was planned, but was renamed before being launched.
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rover: