The following is a list of Royal Navy ship names by name in alphabetical order, both past and present. Many of the names have been re-used over the years and thus represent different ships.
(Note that this list still lacks many important ships.)
... the Periodic table
May 19 - Auguste Molinier, French historian
July 14 - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer
July 22 - Wilson Barrett, actor
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