Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Honeysuckle, after the flower:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arethusa after the Greek mythological nymph Arethusa who was transformed by Artemis into a fountain.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hyacinth after the hyacinth flower:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bacchante, from "Bacchante" – the name for a priestess of the Roman god Bacchus. Yet another ship of this name was ordered but later cancelled.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Abdiel, after Abdiel, a seraph in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Onslaught:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Roberts, after Field Marshal Frederick Roberts:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peony, after the flower:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Opportune:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arabis, after the flower, the Arabis.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hollyhock:
At least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Heliotrope after the genus of flower.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Buttercup, named for the buttercup flower:
HMS Honeysuckle was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Godetia :
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gentian, after the flower:
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ready:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Delphinium:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Verbena:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Campanula :