He was master of HMS Sovereign in summer 1690, under his old commander Arthur Herbert, now Lord Torrington.

The next year he commanded HMS Torrington, assisting in the protection of the convoy which brought reinforcements from Gibraltar to the newly captured fortress of Louisbourg.

* The battle was used as the name of several Royal Navy ships, HMS Ramillies.

The ship on which Charles Darwin made the voyage which provided much of the inspiration for On the Origin of Species was named HMS Beagle after the breed, and, in turn, lent its name to the ill-fated British Martian lander Beagle 2.

Peuple Souverain also remained at Gibraltar: the ship was deemed too badly damaged for the Atlantic voyage to Britain and so was converted to a guardship under the name of HMS Guerrier.

As a precaution to protect the ships against any reprisals against their crews, HMS Wyandra was transferred to the Mediterranean, and took the name of sister ship Manica, while Baralongs name was deleted from Lloyd's Register.

* HMS Calypso, the name of a number of British Royal Navy ships

Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the ( British ) Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Daedalus.

* HMS Defence, Royal Navy ships of this name

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, but God ".

* HMS Hyperion, the name of several Royal Navy ships

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hercules, or HMS Hercule, after the Greek and Roman hero Hercules.

* HMS Iron Duke named after Wellington, is the name of three ships in the Royal Navy, one of which is still in active service ( a frigate )

* HMS Janus, a name used by British naval ships

* HMS Kite, the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy

* HMS Leda, the name of six ships of the British Royal Navy

* 1851-Captain Stokes of the survey ship HMS Acheron gave the name Mt Cook to Aoraki

* HMS Nemesis, the name of several Royal Navy ships

* HMS Oberon, the name of several British navy ships

* HMS Orion, the name of several Royal Navy vessels

* HMS Phoenix, the name of several Royal Navy ships

* HMS Rochester, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy

* HMS Sabrina, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, and one proposed one

* HMS Enterprise, any of fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy ( four others did not use the HMS prefix )

In four descending columns, from left to right: Maestrale class frigate | MM Maestrale ( F 570 ), FS De Grasse | De Grasse ( D 612 ); USS John C. Stennis | USS John C. Stennis ( CVN 74 ), FS Charles de Gaulle | Charles De Gaulle ( R 91 ), Surcouf ( F711 ) | Surcouf ( F 711 ); USS Port Royal ( CG-73 ) | USS Port Royal ( CG-73 ), HMS Ocean ( L12 ) | HMS Ocean ( L 12 ), USS John F. Kennedy ( CV 67 ) | USS John F. Kennedy ( CV 67 ), Hr.

The spacecraft takes its name from four British ships of exploration named Discovery, primarily HMS Discovery, one of the ships commanded by Captain James Cook during his third and final major voyage from 1776 to 1779.

An anti-submarine school, HMS Osprey, and a training flotilla of four vessels were established on Portland in 1924.

* HMS Pilot, one of four ships of the British Royal Navy

The most notable examples of these were HMS Pickle, which raced back to England with news of the British victory and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson at the end of the Battle of Trafalgar, and HMS Whiting ( 79 tons and four guns ), which lowered anchor in the harbor of Hampton Roads on 8 July 1812, carrying dispatches.

* HMS Breda, four different British warships

The last Royal Navy Q-ship, 2, 456-ton HMS Fidelity ( D57 ), was converted in September, 1940, to carry a torpedo defense net, four 4-inch ( 10-cm ) guns, four torpedo tubes, two OS2U Kingfisher float planes, and Motor Torpedo Boat 105.

* HMS Castor, four ships of the Royal Navy

* HMS Queen Charlotte, four ships of the Royal Navy

* HMS Bridgewater, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, and one of the Commonwealth of England

* HMS Argonaut, name given to four ships of the Royal Navy

* HMS Endymion, any of four British warships

* HMS Orlando, four Royal Navy ships

* HMS Seaford, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, and one planned one

The Dutch boarded and captured four stragglers: Wassenaar captured HMS Clove Tree ( the former VOC-ship Nagelboom ), and the Frisian Rear-Admiral Hendrik Brunsvelt captured HMS Convertine, the entangled HMS Essex and HMS Black Bull ; Black Bull later sank.