https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Edinburgh.html
Calls grow to name a Royal Navy ship in honour of Prince Philip as petition calling for a new HMS Duke of Edinburgh gathers 11,000 signatures
Calls to name a Royal Navy warship in honour of Prince Philip are intensifying as Britons pay their respects ahead of his funeral on Saturday.
A petition to name a new military vessel after the late Duke of Edinburgh has rapidly gathered more than 12,000 signatures.
Tory MP James Gray suggested that one of the escort ships for the new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier could be named after the Duke.
'It would be nice to have the escort ship named after the Duke of Edinburgh – quite fitting,' Mr Gray said......
The Royal Navy's new Type 26 frigates are due to come into service soon and will replace eight Type 23 frigates. They will be tasked with warfighting, maritime security and international engagement on the world stage.....
Primarily, they are set to protect the nation's strategic deterrents and ensure the safety of the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers from submarines.
If a ship is named after Prince Philip, it wouldn't be the first to bear the name Duke of Edinburgh.
The HMS Duke of Edinburgh was the lead ship of the Duke of Edinburgh classed armoured cruisers built in the early 1900s.
One of two ships, she was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War broke out, and went on to fight in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916.
The ship was the only vessel of the squadron to survive the battle, and was transferred to the Atlantic Ocean for convoy escorts in 1917, before being sold for scrap in 1920.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Duke_of_Edinburgh