M-class minesweeper

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Several classes of minesweeper have been named "M". These include:

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quorn, all named after the Quorn Hunt.

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atherstone after the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, or after its hunt:

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 Cottesmore after the Cottesmore hunt:

M class or M-class may refer to:

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Four vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ribble, after the English river:

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bangor.

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Manxman, after the term for an inhabitant of the Isle of Man:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nonpareil, from the French meaning 'without equal':

At least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Whippingham :

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bicester, named after Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Ibis:

At least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Marmion :

HMS Morris Dance has been the name of several Royal Navy vessels of the 20th century:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Curzon:

HMS M3 may refer to: