How the Royal Navy resolves duplicate ship names

What happens if two Royal Navy ships end up carrying the same name?

One would be renamed, usually preserving the name on the ship considered more capable or more honorable.

A hypothetical collision between Warspite and the older War Sprite form of the name raises a practical question about bringing ships into naval service. The Royal Navy would normally rename one of two ships carrying the same name. The vessel considered less capable or less honourable would usually lose it. Preserving a name can therefore depend on a ship's standing within the service as well as the need to distinguish the vessels.