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Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeur.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Aurora or HMS Aurore, after the Roman Goddess of the dawn.
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:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Avenger:
HMS Revenge was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 April 1805. Sir John Henslow designed her as one of the large class 74s; she was the only ship built to her draught. As a large 74, she carried 24-pounder guns on her upper gun deck, rather than the 18-pounder guns found on the middling and common class 74s.
Numerous French vessels have borne the name Téméraire. Note that several British ships have had the same name, see HMS Temeraire.
HMS Donegal was launched in 1794 as Barra, a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Pégase in October 1795, and Hoche in December 1797. The British Royal Navy captured her at the Battle of Tory Island on 12 October 1798 and recommissioned her as HMS Donegal.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fawn:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mediator:
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Impérial or Impériale:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Victor:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Junon, a French form of the goddess Juno, of Roman mythology:
HMS Beagle was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1804, during the Napoleonic Wars. She played a major role in the Battle of the Basque Roads. Beagle was laid up in ordinary in 1813 and sold in 1814.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sandwich, either after the English seaside town of Sandwich, or one of the holders of the title Earl of Sandwich, particularly Vice-Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, or First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A seventh ship was planned, but never completed:
Four vessels of Britain's Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dominica, named for the island of Dominica.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dart, after the River Dart in Devon:
At least two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Curieux, from the French word for "curious":
HMS Tobago was a schooner of unknown origin that the British Royal Navy purchased in 1805. In 1806 a French privateer captured her. The Royal Navy recaptured her in 1809 and took her into service as HMS Vengeur before selling her later that year.
Numerous French privateers have borne the name Vengeur ("Avenger"):
Several vessels have been named Leander for one the protagonists in the story of Hero and Leander in Greek mythology.