Citations
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Many ships have been named Princess Royal, including:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ranger
Britannia may refer to any one of a large number of ships:
The British Royal Navy purchased HMS Shark on the stocks in 1775. She was launched in 1776, and in 1778 converted to a fireship and renamed HMS Salamander. The Navy sold her in 1783. She then became the mercantile Salamander. In the 1780s she was in the Greenland whale fisheries. In 1791 she transported convicts to Australia. She then became a whaling ship in the South Seas whale fisheries for a number of years, before becoming a general transport and then a slave ship. In 1804 the French captured her, but the Royal Navy recaptured her. Although she is last listed in 1811, she does not appear in Lloyd's List (LL) ship arrival and departure (SAD) data after 1804.
Several vessels have been named Thames, for the River Thames:
A number of sailing vessels were named Alexander:
A number of ships with the name Alexander served the British East India Company (EIC) as East Indiamen:
A number of ships have been named Friendship:
Numerous ships have sailed under the name Antelope. Notable ones include:
Numerous British vessels that have served the British East India Company (EIC) have borne the name Prince of Wales, after the then current Prince of Wales, the title borne by the heir-presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom.
A number of sailing ships have been named Queen Charlotte.
A number of sailing ships have been named Eliza.
Several vessels have been named Harriet, or Harriot:
Several vessels have borne the name Kitty, a diminutive for the name "Catherine", and a name in its own right:
HMS Duguay-Trouin was an 18-gun French privateer sloop launched in 1779 at Le Havre. Surprise captured her in 1780 and the British Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. It sold Duguay-Trouin on 30 October 1783. She then became the West Indiaman Christopher, and later a slaver. She was lost at Charleston in September 1804.
Several vessels have been named Recovery:
Several ships have been named Ceres for Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture:
There have been several ships named Hope:
Several vessels have been named Tartar: