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Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
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:
HMS Sealion was the name of several ships and at least one land base of the Royal Navy.
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achates after Achates, a character in Roman mythology. A sixth was planned but never completed:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ambush.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Adamant:
Numerous Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Dolphin after the dolphin.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orpheus. Orpheus was the magical father of songs in Greek mythology.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Swordfish after the fish.
The British U-class submarines were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War. The class is sometimes known as the Undine class, after the first submarine built. A further development was the British V-class submarine of 1942.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonaventure, and another was planned:
HMS Rorqual has been the name of two Royal Navy submarines. A rorqual is a type of whale:
HMS Unseen (P51) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.
Two Royal Navy ships have been called HMS S1:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Solent, after the Solent, a stretch of water between the Isle of Wight and mainland England:
A ship and two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ursula:
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.
