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.)
... (CAS) - Founded in January 1941 by Daniel Mayer[?], member of the French Socialist Party[?]. Later it was lead by a bookshop keeper Pierre Brossolette in Paris. ...