HMS Varne

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Varne:

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Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels; battleships built after her were referred to as 'dreadnoughts', and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts.

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite. The origins of the name are unclear, although it is probably from the Elizabethan-era spelling of the word 'spite' – 'spight' – in part embodying contempt for the Navy's enemies, but which was also the common name for the green woodpecker, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them.

Two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Astute for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment.

Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphion, after the Greek hero Amphion.

Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.

Three submarines of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Talent:

Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:

Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ambush.

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orpheus. Orpheus was the magical father of songs in Greek mythology.

British U-class submarine

The British U-class submarines were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War. The class is sometimes known as the Undine class, after the first submarine built. A further development was the British V-class submarine of 1942.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonaventure, and another was planned:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS P36.

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS P38.

HNoMS <i>Ula</i> (1943)

HNoMS Ula, previously HMS Varne, a British-built U-class submarine, and a member of the third group of that class to be built. She never actually served under the name Varne, being transferred before commissioning to the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Ula (S300). In 1944 she sank a German U-boat during one of her patrols off Norway. She remained in Norwegian service and was scrapped in 1965.

Two submarines of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vox, after the Latin for Voice:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sibyl or HMS Sybille, named for the Greek mythological figures, the Sibyls :

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cachalot, after the marine mammal, the cachalot, or sperm whale:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Explorer

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trenchant:

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