This is an list of People that have or had ships or ship classes named after them or the name is associated with the person with the ships being in service or previously in service with the Royal Navy, the United Kingdom's naval warfare force, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.
Ship classes edit
Some people have had Royal ship classes named after them, the following are a list of people who had such classes named after them.
Royalty and nobility edit
Monarchs edit
Queen Elizabeth I edit
The following ship class was named after HMS Queen Elizabeth the first aircraft carrier commissioned in the class which was named after the dreadnought battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in service from 1914 to 1948 which itself was named after the Tudor monarch Queen Elizabeth I.
Class | Preceded by | Type | Planned | Completed | Active | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Displacement | Homeport | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queen Elizabeth class | Invincible class | Aircraft carrier | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2017–present | n/a | 65,000 | Portsmouth | [1][2][3] |
Ships edit
Royalty and nobility edit
The following are British monarchs who have had Royal navy ships named after them.
Monarchs edit
Queen Elizabeth II edit
There are no ships named after Queen Elizabeth II.
King Charles III edit
The following are ships named after King Charles III the former Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Edinburgh.
Ship | Class | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Prince of Wales | Queen Elizabeth class | R09 | 2019 | n/a | 65,000 tonnes | Aircraft carrier | Portsmouth | [3] |
Dukes edit
Dukes of Northumberland and the Percy Family edit
The following are ships named after Dukes of Northumberland as well as the Percy Family, also known of the House of Percy.
Duke of Northumberland edit
The following are named after the title of Duke of Northumberland rather than any holder of that title.
Ship | Class | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Northumberland | Type 23 (Duke class) | F238 | 1994 | n/a | 4,900 tonnes | Guided missile frigate | Devonport | [4] |
Sir Henry Percy (Hotspur) edit
The following are ships named Hotspur the nicknamed for the 14th century noblemen Sir Henry Percy.
Ship | Class | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Hotspur | Fifth-rate | n/a | 1810 | 1821 | n/a | Frigate | n/a | [5][6][7] |
HMS Hotspur | Fifth-rate | n/a | 1828 | 1902 | n/a | Frigate | n/a | [8][9] |
HMS Hotspur | unknown | n/a | 1828 | 1902 | unknown | Ironclad Ram | n/a | [citation needed] |
Other Dukes edit
The following are Dukes with ships named after them.
Named After | Ship | Class | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Homeport | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | HMS Iron Duke | Type 23 (Duke class) | F234 | 1993 | 4,900 tonnes | Portsmouth | [10] |
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough | HMS Monmouth | Type 23 (Duke class) | F235 | 1993 | 4,900 tonnes | Devonport | [11] |
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth | Type 23 (Duke class) | F235 | 1993 | 4,900 tonnes | Devonport | [12][13][14] |
Dukedom Title edit
The following are named after various Dukedom titles rather than any holder of those titles.
Military Officials edit
Named After | Ship | Class | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan | HMS Duncan | Type 45 (Daring class) | D37 | 2013 | 8,500 tonnes | Guided missile destroyer | Portsmouth | [25] |
Mythological/Semi-Mythological edit
Named After | Class | Ship | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaius Mucius Scaevola | Type 45 (Daring class) | HMS Daring | D32 | 2009 | 8,500 tonnes | Guided missile destroyer | Portsmouth | [26][27] |
Explorers edit
Named After | Class | Ship | Pennant No. | Commissioned | Displacement | Type | Homeport | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Falcon Scott | Echo class | HMS Scott | H131 | 1997 | 13,500 tonnes | Ocean survey | Devonport | [28] |
Fictional RN ship names edit
Deities edit
The following fictional ships are named after deities.
Name | Ship | From | Created By | Medium | Published | Type | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pluto | HMS Pluto | A Ship of the Line | C. S. Forester | Novel | 1938 | ||
Venus | Venus | Good Ship Venus | Song |
Other edit
Name | Ship | From | Created By | Medium | Published | Type | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hotspur | HMS Hotspur | Hornblower and the Hotspur | C. S. Forester | Novel | 1962 | Sloop | [29] |
Caligula | Caligula | A Ship of the Line | C. S. Forester | Novel | 1938 |
Notes edit
- ^ HMS Montrose is forward deployed, operating from HMS Jufair in Bahrain.
Citations edit
- ^ "Aircraft Carriers - Future Flagships". Royal Navy. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "HMS Queen Elizabeth". Royal Navy. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Commissioning day for HMS Prince of Wales". Royal Navy. Portsmouth. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "HMS Northumberland". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "No. 16774". The London Gazette. 14 September 1813. p. 1837.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4593. 30 August 1811. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232920. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4672.
- ^ Warlow, Ben, Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy, Maritime Books, Liskeard, ISBN 0-907771-73-4.
- ^ "NMM, vessel ID 368732" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "HMS Iron Duke". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Conway's all the world's fighting ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. 1995. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130.
- ^ "HMS Monmouth". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Progress report – extending the life of Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates". Navy Lookout.
- ^ Allison, George (22 March 2021). "Two frigates to be scrapped early".
- ^ "HMS Argyll". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Lancaster". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Montrose". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Westminster". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Richmond". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Somerset". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Sutherland". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Kent". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Portland". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS St Albans". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Duncan". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "HMS Daring". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "A return to the old routine for 14 dock | Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk.
- ^ "HMS Scott". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Marquardt, Karl Heinz (2005). The 44-gun frigate USS Constitution : "Old Ironsides". Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-250-4. OCLC 61727947.