List of people with Royal Navy ships named after them

This is an incomplete list of people that have or had ships or ship classes named after them, or the name is associated with the person. The ships are currently or were previously in service with the Royal Navy, the United Kingdom's naval warfare force; or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England; or of the English Commonwealth. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.

Ship classes
Some people have had Royal ship classes named after them, the following are a list of people who had such classes named after them.

Queen Elizabeth I
The following ship class was named after HMS Queen Elizabeth the first aircraft carrier commissioned in the class which was named after the dreadnought battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in service from 1914 to 1948 which itself was named after the Tudor monarch Queen Elizabeth I.

Royalty and nobility
The following are British monarchs who have had Royal navy ships named after them.

Queen Elizabeth II
There are no ships named after Queen Elizabeth II.

King Charles III
The following are ships named after King Charles III the former Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Edinburgh.

Dukes of Northumberland and the Percy Family
The following are ships named after Dukes of Northumberland as well as the Percy Family, also known of the House of Percy.

Duke of Northumberland
The following are named after the title of Duke of Northumberland rather than any holder of that title.

Sir Henry Percy (Hotspur)
The following are ships named Hotspur the nicknamed for the 14th century noblemen Sir Henry Percy.

Other Dukes
The following are Dukes with ships named after them.

Dukedom Title
The following are named after various Dukedom titles rather than any holder of those titles.

Deities
The following fictional ships are named after deities.