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.)
... travelled to China in the 13th century.
John Wesley Powell, (1834-1902), explorer, environmentalist
Nathaniel Pryor[?], (c 1785-1850), US explorer
Pytheas, (died ...