Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Verbena:
Six ships that were built for the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean. The name Ocean entered the list from which names are selected for British ships in 1759, when the Royal Navy captured the French ship named Océan. The British studied the French technology of this ship and admired it, but the ship had to be in bad shape before it would be replaced by a new-build.
HMS Queen Elizabeth could refer to one of three ships named in honour of Elizabeth I of England:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arethusa after the Greek mythological nymph Arethusa who was transformed by Artemis into a fountain.
Two warships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Indomitable:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bacchante, from "Bacchante" – the name for a priestess of the Roman god Bacchus. Yet another ship of this name was ordered but later cancelled.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Abdiel, after Abdiel, a seraph in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Onslaught:
There have been two ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Opal:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kempenfelt, after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melita, named after the island of Malta:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Roberts, after Field Marshal Frederick Roberts:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Opportune:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mystic
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arabis, after the flower, the Arabis.
At least three ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Kriti after the Greek island of Crete:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Honeysuckle, after the flower:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Delphinium: