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 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

Monarchs

Queen Elizabeth I 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. ClassPreceded byTypePlannedCompletedActiveCommissionedDecommissionedDisplacementHomeportNoteQueen Elizabeth classInvincible classAircraft carrier2222017–presentn/a65,000Portsmouth

Ships

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

Monarchs

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

King Charles III The following are ships named after King Charles III the former Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Edinburgh. ShipClassPennant No.CommissionedDecommissionedDisplacementTypeHomeportNoteQueen Elizabeth classR092019n/a65,000 tonnesAircraft carrierPortsmouth

Dukes

Dukes of Northumberland and the Percy Family 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 The following are named after the title of Duke of Northumberland rather than any holder of that title. ShipClassPennant No.CommissionedDecommissionedDisplacementTypeHomeportNoteHMS Northumberland Type 23 (Duke class)F2381994n/a4,900 tonnesGuided missile frigateDevonport

Sir Henry Percy (Hotspur) The following are ships named Hotspur the nicknamed for the 14th century noblemen Sir Henry Percy.

ShipClassPennant No.CommissionedDecommissionedDisplacementTypeHomeportNoteHMS HotspurFifth-raten/a18101821n/aFrigaten/aLloyd's List №4672.HMS Hotspur18281902Warlow, Ben, Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy, Maritime Books, Liskeard, .HMS HotspurunknownunknownIronclad Ram

Other Dukes The following are Dukes with ships named after them.

Named AfterShipClassPennant No.CommissionedHomeportNoteArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonType 23 (Duke class)F23419934,900 tonnesPortsmouthJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of MarlboroughF235DevonportJames Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

Dukedom Title The following are named after various Dukedom titles rather than any holder of those titles.

Named AfterHolder at time of Commissionship Current HolderShipClassPennant No.CommissionedDisplacementTypeHomeportNoteDuke of ArgyllIan Campbell, 12th Duke of ArgyllTorquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of ArgyllType 23 (Duke class)F23119914,900 tonnesGuided missile frigateDevonportDuke of LancasterQueen Elizabeth IIKing Charles IIIF2291992PortsmouthDuke of MontroseJames Graham, 8th Duke of MontroseF2361994DevonportDuke of WestminsterGerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of WestminsterHugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of WestminsterF237PortsmouthDuke of RichmondCharles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of RichmondCharles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of RichmondF2391995DevonportDuke of SomersetJohn Seymour, 19th Duke of SomersetF821996Duke of SutherlandFrancis Egerton, 7th Duke of SutherlandF811997Duke of KentPrince Edward, Duke of KentF782000PortsmouthDuke of PortlandVictor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of PortlandTitle Extinct (1990)F792001DevonportDuke of St AlbansMurray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St AlbansF832002

Military Officials Named AfterShipClassPennant No.CommissionedDisplacementTypeHomeportNoteAdam Duncan, 1st Viscount DuncanType 45 (Daring class)D3720138,500 tonnesGuided missile destroyerPortsmouth

Mythological/Semi-Mythological Named AfterClassShipPennant No.CommissionedDisplacementTypeHomeportNoteGaius Mucius ScaevolaType 45 (Daring class)D3220098,500 tonnesGuided missile destroyerPortsmouth

Explorers Named AfterClassShipPennant No.CommissionedDisplacementTypeHomeportNoteRobert Falcon ScottEcho classH131199713,500 tonnesOcean surveyDevonport

Fictional RN ship names

Deities The following fictional ships are named after deities. NameShipFromCreated ByMediumPublishedTypeNotePlutoHMS PlutoA Ship of the LineC. S. ForesterNovel1938VenusVenusGood Ship VenusSong

Other NameShipFromCreated ByMediumPublishedTypeNoteHotspurHMS HotspurHornblower and the HotspurC. S. ForesterNovel1962SloopCaligulaCaligulaA Ship of the Line1938

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