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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thrasher:
Eight vessels and one shore station of the Royal Navy were named HMS Grasshopper, named for the grasshopper, a common type of herbivorous insect.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hardy, most of the later ones have been named for Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769–1839), captain of HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pioneer:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruiser or HMS Bruizer.
The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Six ships and a naval air station of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sparrowhawk after the bird of prey, the Eurasian sparrowhawk:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vigilant:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the Porpoise:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Reindeer or Rein Deer, after the Reindeer:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scout:
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:
Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Manly.
At least four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Haughty:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fervent, with a further ship unbuilt:
Several ships that have served the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Madras for Madras:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beacon: