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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Vampire.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cattistock after the Cattistock hunt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Swordfish after the fish.
HMS Vittoria was a British destroyer of the Admiralty V-class. She was converted to a minelayer, and was torpedoed by the Bolshevik submarine Pantera off the island of Seiskari in the Gulf of Finland on 31 August 1919.
HMS Verulam was an Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and was launched on 3 October 1917. She struck a mine off the island of Seiskari in the Gulf of Finland on the night between 3–4 September 1919, and sank killing 16 crew.
Four British Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Ulysses:
HMS Verulam was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War.
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
HMS Valorous has been the name of four ships of the Royal Navy:
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:
A ship and two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ursula:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sibyl or HMS Sybille, named for the Greek mythological figures, the Sibyls :
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Oakley:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Teazer :
Five ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Handy:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Staunch:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cheerful, after the adjective describing a happy and optimistic state:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Thruster:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Torch:
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.
