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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Geranium, after the flower, the geranium:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gladiolus, after the flower, the Gladiolus:
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Poppy after the flower.
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Begonia after the flower.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arabis, after the flower, the Arabis.
HMS Arabis was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Arabis. She was transferred to the United States Navy in 1942, serving as USS Saucy. Returned to the United Kingdom in 1945, she was recommissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Snapdragon.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Marguerite:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Crocus, after the crocus, a genus of flowering plants.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Buttercup, named for the buttercup flower:
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:
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Primula:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Delphinium:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nasturtium:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Verbena:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wallflower:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Asphodel :
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Campanula :
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nigella :
HMS Snapdragon was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and was built by Smith's Dock Company in 1940. She was named after Snapdragon. Commissioned in 1940 and sunk by Luftwaffe on 19 December 1942.
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- 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.
