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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:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermione after Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fleetwood, after the town of Fleetwood. A third ship was planned as Fleetwood, but was renamed before being launched:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Niger after the Niger River, whilst another was planned.
Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.
Four Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Grenville. Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hecla, after the volcano Hekla in Iceland.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rattlesnake, including:
Four British Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Ulysses:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wrenn.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lowestoft, or the archaic HMS Lowestoffe, after the Suffolk town of Lowestoft:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:
A ship and two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ursula:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Opossum, after the opossum:
At least seven vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crane.
Nine vessels of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been named HMS Porcupine, after the porcupine, a rodent belonging to the families Erethizontidae or Hystricidae.
The name HMS Valkyrie was borne by a ship and a training establishment of the Royal Navy:
HMS Wren (D88/I88) was an Admiralty modified W class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in April 1918 from Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited under the 13th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1918–19. She was the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name, which was introduced in 1653.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hart including:
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.
