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This is an incomplete list of people that have or had ships or ship classes named after them, or the name is associated with the person. The ships are currently or were 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 of the English Commonwealth. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.

Ship classes

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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

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Monarchs

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Queen Elizabeth I

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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

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Royalty and nobility

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The following are British monarchs who have had Royal navy ships named after them.

Monarchs

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Queen Elizabeth II
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There are no ships named after Queen Elizabeth II.

King Charles III
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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

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Dukes of Northumberland and the Percy Family
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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The following are named after various Dukedom titles rather than any holder of those titles.

Named After Holder at time of Commissionship Current Holder Ship Class Pennant No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note
Duke of Argyll Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll HMS Argyll Type 23 (Duke class) F231 1991 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Devonport [15]
Duke of Lancaster Queen Elizabeth II King Charles III HMS Lancaster Type 23 (Duke class) F229 1992 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Portsmouth [16]
Duke of Montrose James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose HMS Montrose Type 23 (Duke class) F236 1994 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Devonport [17][N 1]
Duke of Westminster Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster HMS Westminster Type 23 (Duke class) F237 1994 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Portsmouth [18]
Duke of Richmond Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond HMS Richmond Type 23 (Duke class) F239 1995 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Devonport [19]
Duke of Somerset John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset HMS Somerset Type 23 (Duke class) F82 1996 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Devonport [20]
Duke of Sutherland Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland HMS Sutherland Type 23 (Duke class) F81 1997 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Devonport [21]
Duke of Kent Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Prince Edward, Duke of Kent HMS Kent Type 23 (Duke class) F78 2000 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Portsmouth [22]
Duke of Portland Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland Title Extinct (1990) HMS Portland Type 23 (Duke class) F79 2001 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Devonport [23]
Duke of St Albans Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans HMS St Albans Type 23 (Duke class) F83 2002 4,900 tonnes Guided missile frigate Devonport [24]

Military Officials

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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

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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

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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

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Deities

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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

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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

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  1. ^ HMS Montrose is forward deployed, operating from HMS Jufair in Bahrain.

Citations

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  1. ^ "Aircraft Carriers - Future Flagships". Royal Navy. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ^ "HMS Queen Elizabeth". Royal Navy. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Commissioning day for HMS Prince of Wales". Royal Navy. Portsmouth. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. ^ "HMS Northumberland". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. ^ "No. 16774". The London Gazette. 14 September 1813. p. 1837.
  6. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4593. 30 August 1811. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232920. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ^ Lloyd's List №4672.
  8. ^ Warlow, Ben, Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy, Maritime Books, Liskeard, ISBN 0-907771-73-4.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "HMS Iron Duke". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  11. ^ Conway's all the world's fighting ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. 1995. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130.
  12. ^ "HMS Monmouth". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Progress report – extending the life of Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates". Navy Lookout. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  14. ^ Allison, George (22 March 2021). "Two frigates to be scrapped early".
  15. ^ "HMS Argyll". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  16. ^ "HMS Lancaster". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  17. ^ "HMS Montrose". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  18. ^ "HMS Westminster". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  19. ^ "HMS Richmond". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  20. ^ "HMS Somerset". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  21. ^ "HMS Sutherland". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  22. ^ "HMS Kent". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  23. ^ "HMS Portland". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  24. ^ "HMS St Albans". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  25. ^ "HMS Duncan". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  26. ^ "HMS Daring". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  27. ^ "A return to the old routine for 14 dock | Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk.
  28. ^ "HMS Scott". Royal Navy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  29. ^ Marquardt, Karl Heinz (2005). The 44-gun frigate USS Constitution : "Old Ironsides". Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-250-4. OCLC 61727947.
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