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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Glowworm after the insect, whilst two more were planned:
Four Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Grenville. Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orpheus. Orpheus was the magical father of songs in Greek mythology.
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Audacious.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Onslow:
The Arabis class was the third, and largest, of the five sub-classes of minesweeping sloops completed under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I. They were part of the larger "Flower class" shipbuilding project, which were also referred to as the "Cabbage class", or "Herbaceous Borders". The ships were also used outside their minesweeping duties as patrol vessels, tugs, and personnel and cargo transports.
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Begonia after the flower.
Three vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Nerissa:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arabis, after the flower, the Arabis.
Three Royal Navy ships have been names HMS Snapdragon, after the flower:
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Observer:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Godetia :
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mignonette:
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Primula:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Pentstemon after the flower:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aubrietia:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Tamarisk :
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lobelia :
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Petunia :
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
