List of Warships By Nickname - R

R

• "Raglafart" - HMS Trafalgar (inverted)
• "Refit" - HMS Renown
• "Repair" - HMS Repulse
• "Rezzo" - HMS Resolution
• "Rough Rider" – USS Theodore Roosevelt
• "Rodnol" — HMS Rodney - from fleet oilers with names ending in 'ol'
• "Rusty-guts" – HMCS Restigouche
• "Rusty W" - U.S.S. Washington (BB-56)''
• "Gipper" – USS Ronald Reagan; named for Ronald Reagan's nickname, from his role of George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American