HMS Chrysanthemum

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chrysanthemum:

HMS Chrysanthemum (1917) was an Anchusa-classsloop launched in 1917 she was decommissioned in 1988 and scrapped in 1995
HMS Chrysanthemum (K195) was a Flower-classcorvette launched in 1941 she served as Commandant Drogou in the Free French Naval Forces from completion until 1947 when after return to the Royal Navy she was sold into mercantile service

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HMS Chrysanthemum was an Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 November 1917. She received a Le Cheminant chronometer from the Royal Observatory on 15 May 1925. After service in the Mediterranean, in 1938 she became a drill ship with Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) and then the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR). She was sold in 1988 to private owners and subsequently scrapped in 1995.

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