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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermes, after Hermes, the messenger god of Greek mythology, while another was planned:
Twelve ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named Lizard after The Lizard, a peninsula in Cornwall.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:
Nine ships and a base of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Curlew after the bird, the curlew:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lark or HMS Larke, after the bird, the lark:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Milford:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedwell:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonetta:
Numerous vessels have been named Vautour :
Numerous ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Portsmouth, after the English port city and home of a naval base.
References
- ↑ "Vulture, 1869" . Retrieved 27 July 2007.
- ↑ "Vulture, 1898" . Retrieved 27 July 2007.
