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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.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Toronto. A fourth was renamed before being launched:
Sixteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fox, after the fox.
Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bermuda, after the island of Bermuda.
Numerous Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Dolphin after the dolphin.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atalanta or HMS Atalante after the athlete in ancient Greek mythology.
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vigilant:
Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Charlotte, after either Charlotte, Princess Royal, daughter of George III, or Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, daughter of George IV:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Union:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rapid:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Contest:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pike, after the Northern pike, a species of fish:
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
A number of ships have been named Friendship:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diligent.
Several vessels have been named Recovery: