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.)
... Alvares Cabral, (c. 1467-c. 1520), discovered Brazil and Madagascar
Juan Sebastian del Cano[?] - completed the first circumnavigation, started by ...