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.)
... artist, explorer
Y
Sir Francis Younghusband, (1863-1942), India and Tibet
Z
Zhang Qian[?] - spent 12 years starting in 138 BC exploring much of Central Asia for ...