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.)
... to colonize Vinland
George Everest, (1790-1866)
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Matthew Flinders, (1774-1814), first to circumnavigate Australia and Tasmania, extensively charted the coastline and ...