Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Westminster after the City of Westminster; or the Duke of Westminster:
Ships named Westminster have earned the following battle honours:
Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise while another was planned:
At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS King George V, after George V, King of the United Kingdom, whilst another was planned:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victorious.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Repulse:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Challenger, most famously the fifth, the survey vessel Challenger that carried the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1876.
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Iron Duke after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, nicknamed the "Iron Duke". The name is also a pun, as the first ship so named was an ironclad.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Formidable with a fifth, the French Formidable, renamed HMS Ham after being captured and recommissioned; a sixth has been announced:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ramillies after the Battle of Ramillies :
Six ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS Leander after the Greek hero Leander:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chester, after the city of Chester:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS St Lawrence:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Investigator. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched. The name Investigator passed on to the Royal Indian Navy and after India's Independence, to its successor the Indian Navy where the lineage of naming survey ships Investigator continues unbroken.
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Liffey, after the Irish river. Another was planned but renamed before entering service: