HMS Heartsease

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Heartsease, after the common name for the wildflower Viola tricolor:

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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falmouth, after the town of Falmouth:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Duchess:

HMS Heartsease was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served with both the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the Second World War, with the latter navy as USS Courage. She then spent several years under a succession of names in civilian service. In 1957 she was chartered on behalf of Indonesian rebels to smuggle rubber, copra and matériel. The Indonesian Air Force intercepted and sank her off the coast of Minahasa in North Sulawesi in December 1958.

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Princess Mary or HMS Princess Maria:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Star or HMS Starr:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Oak, after the tree, the oak:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Violet, after the flower of the genus viola:

Fourteen ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Merlin, after Merlin, the wizard in Arthurian legend :

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plover, after the species of bird, the Plover:

Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Deptford, named after Deptford, an area on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London.:

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