*, British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 that participated in World War II and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941.

*, any of eight ships of the British Navy

*, a British coaster

*, was a gundalow launched in 1776 and burned to avoid capture by the British on 13 October 1776

*, was a 24-gun frigate, commissioned in 1777 and captured by the British in 1780

*, was a 24-gun frigate built in 1776 and captured by the British in 1777

*, was a 36-gun frigate commissioned in 1800 and burned by the British in 1814.

*, was a 28-gun sailing frigate built in 1776, captured by the British in the following year and recommissioned as HMS Virginia

*, various ships of the British Royal Navy

*, a British cargo ship in service 1949-50

*, a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy from 1945 – 1961

*, a British coaster

*, schooner acquired in 1812, captured by the British in 1813, recaptured by the United States in 1813, and finally captured by the British again in 1814

*, a sloop acquired in 1812, captured by the British in 1813 and renamed HMS Chubb, recaptured by the United States in 1814, and sold in 1815

*, one of six River class destroyer escorts ( based on the British Type 12 frigate ) built for the RAN.

*, 12-gun sloop-of-war Betsy captured from the Americans ; purchased into the Royal Navy March 1777 ; captured by the French, 1778 ; recovered by the British ; recaptured by the French, July 1779 ; renamed Duc DYork ; armed with eighteen, 4-pounder guns ; broken up 1783

*, a 12-gun ship, was captured from the British during the Battle of Lake Erie, 10 September 1813

*, a British coaster in service 1947-53

*, a British Armed Merchant Cruiser operated during World War II

*, was a 12-gun sloop purchased in 1812 that the British captured in 1814.

*, was a 12-gun ship originally named Katy, taken into service in 1775 and destroyed in 1779 to forestall capture by the British

*, was launched in 1776 and captured by the British in 1780

*, name of several English and British warships

*, a Bangor class minesweeper of the Royal Indian Navy, that served in World War II

*, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford in 1783

*, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1823

*, three ships of the Royal Navy

*, a Royal Australian Navy destroyer

*, a Royal Navy destroyer

*, the name of various English warships and the Royal Naval Reserve unit based in Portslade until 1994

The village contains two churches, one primary school, a community centre, a doctors ' surgery, a chemist, a local store, a butchers shop, four public houses — The Boot *, The Farmers Arms, The Lord Binning ( previously The Morris Dancer ) and The Royal Oak ( previously The Oak )— a hotel ( Willington Hall Hotel *) and a farm shop ( Willington Fruit Farm Shop *, a family-run business established over 50 years ago ).

*, was a schooner acquired in October 1775 and captured by the Royal Navy in December the same year

*, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy

* WO1 GR Ferguson QGM *, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1986

* Captain EC Heakin QGM *, Royal Logistic Corps, 7 March 2008

* Captain VM Strafford QGM *, Royal Logistic Corps, 7 March 2008

*, a logistics ship of the United Kingdom's Royal Fleet Auxiliary

*, the name for several ships of the Royal Navy

*, christened in 1918, the ship was transferred to the Royal Navy, then Soviet Navy, and finally given back to the Royal Navy

*, a Parker class destroyer leader commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Anzac and presented to the Australian Government in 1919.

*, an 18-gun sloop built by the French, captured by the Royal Navy in 1794, and operated until her sale in India in 1803.

*, an N class destroyer launched in 1940 and transferred to the Royal Navy in 1945

*, an Admiralty type destroyer leader, launched in 1918 for the Royal Navy.