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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monument was dedicated to his memory in the presence
of the archbishop of Utrecht in St. Michael's Church,
Zwolle, Nov. 11, 1897.
Thomas à Kempis belonged to the ...