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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.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Niger after the Niger River, whilst another was planned.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Clyde after the River Clyde that runs through the city of Glasgow, Scotland. For Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde see HMNB Clyde.
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gnat after the insect.
There have been five ships of the Royal Navy to bear the name HMS Urchin after the Sea urchin:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thistle, after the thistle, the national flower of Scotland:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the Porpoise:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firebrand.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Opossum, after the opossum:
The Battle of Lake Borgne was a battle between the Royal Navy and Royal Marines on one side and the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines on the other in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on December 14, 1814 on Lake Borgne, and the British victory allowed them to launch an offensive upon New Orleans ten days later.
Five vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Harlequin.
At least two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Destruction.
HMS Ambush, or Ambush No. 5, was the American Gunboat No. 5, launched in 1805. She served in the Mediterranean later that year. The Royal Navy captured her at the Battle of Lake Borgne on 14 December 1814. She was sold in 1815.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Foam, a figurative term for the sea:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wave:
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named Dwarf:
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Citations
- ↑ Paullin and Paxson (1914), p. 436.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Paullin, Charles Oscar and Frederic Logan Paxson (1914) Guide to the materials in London archives for the history of the United States since 1783. (Carnegie Institution of Washington).
