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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pickle:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Liberty.
A number of ships Royal Navy have been named HMS Echo, after the Echo of Greek mythology
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:
HMS Powderham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers named after villages ending in -ham, in this case Powderham in Devon. She was launched on 27 November 1958 by J. Samuel White & Company Ltd, Cowes and commissioned in 1959. She was allocated pennant number M 2720.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cockatrice after the legendary creature:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedy:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hound:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mutine :
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
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:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Espiegle
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
At least six vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Netley, named for the village of Netley.
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.
- Parkes & Prendergast (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1919. p. 143. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
