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Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Torbay, after Torbay on the southwest English coast.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cossack, after the Cossack people of Eastern Europe, whilst another was begun but was cancelled while building:
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arab:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nymphe, HMS Nymph or HMS Nymphen after the Nymphs of Greek Mythology. Another was planned but never completed:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Battleaxe:
Four ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Boadicea after Boadicea, queen of the Iceni in Roman Britain, whilst another ship was planned but never completed:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crescent:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kempenfelt, after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alarm, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crusader, after the participants in the Medieval Crusades:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Duchess:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Star or HMS Starr:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vixen, the term for a female Fox:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wrangler. A sixth was planned but never completed:
Four ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tenedos, after the island of Tenedos:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ettrick after the Scottish river, Ettrick Water.
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.
