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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Poppy after the flower.
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.
The Aubrietia-class sloops were a class of twelve sloops built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger Flower class. They were also referred to as the "cabbage class", or "herbaceous borders". The Flowers were the first ships designed as minesweepers.
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS North Star, named after the pole star:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Violet, after the flower of the genus viola:
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cormorant, after the seabird, the cormorant:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arabis, after the flower, the Arabis.
Several vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pigeon.
At least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Heliotrope after the genus of flower.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dart, after the River Dart in Devon:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dianthus, after the flower:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rhododendron, after the flower:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chrysanthemum:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cyclamen :
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hydrangea :
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lobelia :
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nigella :
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sylph after the air spirits known as sylphs:
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.
