HMS Valentine

Last updated December 26, 2021

HMS Valentine has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:

HMS Valentine (1418), a barge built in 1418 and sold in 1424
HMS Valentine (1917), a destroyer leader launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940
HMS Valentine (R03), renamed HMS Kempenfelt (R03), a destroyer launched in 1943 and transferred to Yugoslavia in 1956
HMS Valentine (R17), originally named HMS Kempenfelt (R17), a destroyer launched in 1943 and transferred to Canada in 1944 for service as HMCS Algonquin (R17)

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Verulam, probably after Francis Bacon, who was Baron Verulam, or other holders of the baronetage or earldom of Verulam:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kempenfelt, after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Simoom, after the desert wind, the Simoom:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undine, after the Ondines of mythology:

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sturgeon, after the Sturgeon, a freshwater fish:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:

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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:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Teazer :

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Telemachus, after Telemachus, a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer's Odyssey:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tenacious:

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wakeful. Another was planned but renamed before being launched:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Whirlwind, after the whirlwind, an atmospheric phenomenon:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ursa, after the Latin for bear:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thisbe, after Thisbe, a character in Greek mythology:

HMS Tancred is the designation which has been given to a number of ships of the Royal Navy after the Norman knight Tancred de Hauteville.

Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Thruster:

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