HMS Tyne

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Tyne, after the River Tyne, England:

HMS Tyne (1814) was a 28-gun Conway-class sixth rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1825. She made one notable capture of a pirate vessel. She became a whaler for Daniel Bennett & Sons, but was lost in early 1827 on her first voyage to the British southern whale fishery.
HMS Tyne (1826) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1826, converted to a storeship in 1848, and sold in 1862 for breaking up.
HMS Tyne was launched in 1845 as the 36-gun fifth-rate HMS Active. She became a Royal Naval Reserve training ship in 1863, was renamed Tyne in July 1867, and then Durham in November the same year. She was sold in 1908.
HMS Tyne (1878), launched in 1878 as SS Mariotis, was a troop ship. On 31 August 1880 she was delivering troops to HMS London in Zanzibar. She foundered in a gale off Sheerness in 1920 while awaiting disposal.
HMS Tyne (F24) was a Hecla-class depot ship launched in 1940. She served in World War II and the Korean War, and was scrapped in 1972.
HMS Tyne (P281) is a River-class patrol vessel launched in 2002 and currently in service.

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Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Calliope after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology:

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Avon. Avon comes from a Brythonic word meaning "river".

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Spey, after the River Spey, in Scotland:

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.

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