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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:
The Royal Navy has used the name Comet no fewer than 18 times:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Serapis, after the god Serapis of Hellenistic Egypt.
Sixteen different ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.
HMS Surprise or Surprize is the name of several ships. These include:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion after the carnivorous arthropod, or the scorpion, a ballistic weapon in use in the Roman army:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jackal, after the predatory mammal, the jackal:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fury, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
HMS Pegasus is a Royal Navy Reserve unit that supports the Fleet Air Arm in times of stretch, crisis, tension and war. It is administered from RNAS Yeovilton, there is also a satellite office at RNAS Culdrose. Previously the name has been given to nine ships in the British Royal Navy including:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:
There have been five ships of the Royal Navy to bear the name HMS Urchin after the Sea urchin:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sibyl or HMS Sybille, named for the Greek mythological figures, the Sibyls :
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Victor:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonetta:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sylph after the air spirits known as sylphs:
References
- ↑ "No. 21077". The London Gazette . 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
Sources
- This article includes data released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported UK: England & Wales Licence, by the National Maritime Museum, as part of the Warship Histories project.
- 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.
