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Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bristol, after the English port city of Bristol:
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dragon.
Several Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Diamond.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonaventure, and another was planned:
17 ships of the French Navy have been named Rubis ("Ruby"), or Ruby as it was spelled until the 18th century:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Colchester, after the town of Colchester:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Providence. Another was intended to bear the name:
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:
Fourteen ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Merlin, after Merlin, the wizard in Arthurian legend :
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Licorne, the French word for Unicorn:
References
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- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
