Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vampire:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sirius after the brightest star in the night sky.
Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Hobart, for Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania.
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Vampire.
There have been one ship and one shore establishment in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) named HMAS Waterhen. The first ship originally served under the name HMS Waterhen with the Royal Navy (RN). A British ship and an Australian ship of the name were ordered but later cancelled.
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Australia. A third ship was to receive the name, but her transfer from the Royal Navy to the Royal Australian Navy was cancelled:
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphion, after the Greek hero Amphion.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Geranium, after the flower, the geranium:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
HMAS Vampire was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in 1917 as HMS Wallace, the ship was renamed and commissioned into the RN later that year. Vampire was loaned to the RAN in 1933, and operated as a depot tender until just before World War II. Reactivated for war service, the destroyer served in the Mediterranean as part of the Scrap Iron Flotilla, and was escorting the British warships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse during their loss to Japanese aircraft in the South China Sea in December 1941. Vampire was sunk on 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft while sailing with the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes from Trincomalee.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Berwick, after Berwick-upon-Tweed, a town on the border between England and Scotland:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Alliance:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Onslow:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Nine ships and a base of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Curlew after the bird, the curlew:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Bombay, after the Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai. Among them were:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Penguin. A penguin is a flightless aquatic bird.
At least six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sprightly:
Several vessels have been named Leander for one the protagonists in the story of Hero and Leander in Greek mythology.