List of Ship Names of The Royal Navy - Fictional

Fictional

See also: List of fictional ships

Many novels about the Royal Navy feature fictional ships, but most use real names. This is a list of fictional names of note.

  • Argonaute (from Colors Aloft by Alexander Kent)
  • Atropos (from Hornblower and the Atropos by C. S. Forester)
  • Bellipotent (from Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville)
  • Carousel (from We Saw the Sea by John Winton)
  • Clam and Moth (Bomb ketches) (from Commodore Hornblower by C. S. Forester)
  • Clampherdown (from The Ballad of the "Clampherdown" by Rudyard Kipling)
  • Compass Rose and Saltash (from The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat)
  • HMS Hotspur (Hornblower Saga by C. S. Forester)
  • Justinian (from Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester)
  • Lydia (from The Happy Return by C. S. Forester)
  • Pinafore (from the operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan)
  • Polychrest (from Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian)
  • Porta Coeli (from Lord Hornblower by C. S. Forester)
  • Sophie (from Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian) (Based on the actual ship HM Sloop Speedy)
  • Thunder Child (from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells)
  • HMS Troutbridge from The Navy Lark
  • HMS Hero from the BBC's drama series Warship
  • HMS Themis (from Under Enemy Colors by S. Thomas Russell)
  • HMS Ulysses (from HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean)

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