Alternative Dreadnought Names for the Royal Navy

- Leviathan, Queen Victoria, Caledon (similar root to Erin and Hibernia - Caledonia used as a cruiser name ... so was Boedicea).
-'R' names: Redoubtable, Resistance, Retaliation, Resiliance,
- Hamilcar, Hannibal, Hasdrubal, ... and add Hadrian to make a four ship grouping
- Intractable, Impertinent, Imperious ... oh what the hell ... add Irreconcilable and you could call it the ex-wife class .... they would be insurmountable!
... maybe add Irrelevant ... in honor of the ex-mother-in-law ...
for I's and R's , just sit down with a dictionary ... 15 minutes will find you enough names to cover the fleet for several hundred years.

There was a Temeraire ... I think a Bellerophon class if I'm not mistaken ... a series improvement on HMS Dreadnought. It was at Jutland ... and one of the proposed names for a ww2 Lion class as well, according to some sources.

Sans Pareil ... the name of an older RN battleship, long gone to the breaker.

Singapore, Malta, Gibraltar, Hong Kong
 
There are some classic 'capital ship' names that are suitable for the era in question. The more 'creative' types are less likely to get a guernsey

Open for 1910-1914:

Trafalgar, Nelson, Rodney, Anson, Howe, Nile, Waterloo, Agincourt, Sans Pareil, Barfleur, Atlas, Hector, Asia

Outside chance: Dragon

Theseus and King Alfred would be good, but are held by cruisers. Victorious was held by a Majestic class predreadnought, but there is precedent for renaming ships when used in a static role.
 
Good catch. Knocking things back to 1908 could take care of that, with certain adjustments for other ships. Lord Nelson and Agamemnon were unfortunately timed ships.
 

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Waterloo would really annoy the French (who would insist upon it being renamed La Belle Alliance!), apart from the bad taste in naming a dreadnought after a railway terminus, and would remind us of who our allies were in 1815.

Thinking upon that, consider in an alternate history with German-British rapprochement that HMS Waterloo is picked specifically to annoy the French.
 
Hms irresistible, infallible,Indestructible (you can tell that is going to blow up at Jutland!)
Hms Wellington? HMS Centurion, HMS Formidable, Hms Ocean
anyone got some other Admiral names apart from Hood Rodney Nelson Anson and Howe?
 

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Hms irresistible, infallible,Indestructible (you can tell that is going to blow up at Jutland!)
Hms Wellington? HMS Centurion, HMS Formidable, Hms Ocean
anyone got some other Admiral names apart from Hood Rodney Nelson Anson and Howe?

Wellington is already represented in Jellicoe's flagship Iron Duke.
 
How about -
Admiral William Parker. ( Admiral post Trafalgar up until 1852 (one of Nelson favourite Captains) Arguably kept the Royal Navy the dominant force during the early Victorian age. Professional , diplomatic, high sailors standards.

Admiral Geoffrey Hornby. ( Admiral during the Victorian Era saw the transition from wooden sailing ships to Iron steam ships - basically created the "modern" Navy.


Admiral Fisher - do I need to say any more ?

The admirals etc who got ships tended to be named after their noble titles - eg Barham
I think the apparent exceptions were because they were LORD X, eg Hawke, Hood
 
Hms irresistible, infallible,Indestructible (you can tell that is going to blow up at Jutland!)
Hms Wellington? HMS Centurion, HMS Formidable, Hms Ocean
anyone got some other Admiral names apart from Hood Rodney Nelson Anson and Howe?

Illustrious was a pre-dreadnought so its name would become available at some time

Same with Formidable and Ocean

Wasn't Centurion a KGV dreadnought?
 
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