Five ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Flora:
HMS Flora was a
sloop ordered in 1755 but later cancelled.
HMS Flora was a 32-gun
fifth rate, previously the French ship Vestale.
HMS Unicorn captured her in 1761 but the Royal Navy scuttled her in 1778 to avoid capture. The Americans salvaged her and she became a
letter of marque. The Americans sold her to the French and she became the French
privateerFlore in 1784. She was then recaptured by
HMS Phaeton in 1798 and sold.
HMS Flora (1780) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1780 and wrecked in 1808. Because Flora served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the
Naval General Service Medal, which the
Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.[1]
HMS Flora (1844) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1844. She was on harbour service from 1851 and was sold in 1891.
HMS Flora was originally the
Ant-class iron screw
gunboatHMS Griper. Griper was used for harbour service from 1905 and was renamed YC373. She was then renamed HMS Flora when she became a base ship in 1923. She was renamed HMS Afrikander in 1933 and was sold in 1937.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Five ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Flora:
HMS Flora was a
sloop ordered in 1755 but later cancelled.
HMS Flora was a 32-gun
fifth rate, previously the French ship Vestale.
HMS Unicorn captured her in 1761 but the Royal Navy scuttled her in 1778 to avoid capture. The Americans salvaged her and she became a
letter of marque. The Americans sold her to the French and she became the French
privateerFlore in 1784. She was then recaptured by
HMS Phaeton in 1798 and sold.
HMS Flora (1780) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1780 and wrecked in 1808. Because Flora served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the
Naval General Service Medal, which the
Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.[1]
HMS Flora (1844) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1844. She was on harbour service from 1851 and was sold in 1891.
HMS Flora was originally the
Ant-class iron screw
gunboatHMS Griper. Griper was used for harbour service from 1905 and was renamed YC373. She was then renamed HMS Flora when she became a base ship in 1923. She was renamed HMS Afrikander in 1933 and was sold in 1937.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.