Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cotswold:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Renown, whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Oberon, after the fairy king Oberon from William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Centaur, after the half-human, half-horse centaur of Greek mythology:
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.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quorn, all named after the Quorn Hunt.
Six ships and a naval air station of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sparrowhawk after the bird of prey, the Eurasian sparrowhawk:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Orestes, after the mythical son of Agamemnon, who avenged his father's murder:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orpheus. Orpheus was the magical father of songs in Greek mythology.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Offa, after Offa of Mercia. A third was renamed before being launched:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaufort:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Concord, or the French variant, HMS Concorde:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eridge:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Portia. Another was renamed before being launched, while yet another was never completed:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rocket. Another was planned but never completed:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Holderness. They were "Hunt-class" ships of different periods, named after the Holderness Hunt which operates in the Holderness area of Yorkshire.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eglinton.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Garth.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pytchley.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Southdown:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready: