The Royal Navy reuses lost ship names and tries to improve the next story

Apart from Hood, are there Royal Navy ship names that should never be reused?

No; British tradition usually reuses historic names, including those of lost ships, while trying not to repeat the same mistakes.

British practice shows less reluctance than some other navies to reuse names associated with disaster. Hood has not yet returned, but many other lost Royal Navy names have. Ark Royal is the clearest example because the name continued despite an earlier wartime loss. The recommendation is to reuse the name while keeping the history alive and avoiding the earlier ship's mistakes.