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.)
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Eric the Red, (c.950-1003), explored and colonized Greenland
Leif Ericsson, (born 970), attempted to coloniz ...