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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named Achilles, after the Greek hero Achilles. Four others, two of them prizes, had the French spelling of the name, Achille.
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruiser or HMS Bruizer.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Avenger:
Nine ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gannet, after the seabird the Gannet:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pursuer.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Searcher:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Battleaxe:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Donovan:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Trumpeter.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Striker:
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Ravager :
Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Silvio:
At least three ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Kriti after the Greek island of Crete:
Empire Curlew was a 4,273 GRT ferry that was built in 1945 as LST Mk.3 HMS LST 3042 by Harland & Wolff, Govan, Scotland for the Royal Navy. In 1947, she was renamed HMS Hunter. During the Suez Crisis in 1956, she was transferred to the Ministry of Transport and renamed Empire Curlew. She served until 1962, when she was scrapped.
Empire Cymric was a 4,820 GRT Ferry that was built in 1944 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast as LST (3) HMS LST 3010 for the Royal Navy. She was transferred to the Koninklijke Marine in 1945, serving as HNLMS LST 3010. In 1947, she was transferred back to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Attacker. The ship was requisitioned by the Ministry of Transport in 1954 and renamed Empire Cymric. Requisitioned briefly during the Suez Crisis in 1956 as HMS Empire Cymric, she served until 1962, and was scrapped in 1963.
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Trouncer :
At least two ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Aliakmon:
HMS Thruster (F131) was a Mark I LST built by Harland and Wolff. Launched in September 1942 and commissioned the following March, she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
