HMS Bluebell
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Two ships of the British Royal Navy
have been named HMS Bluebell, after the bluebell
flower.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Bluebell, after the bluebell
Common Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta, commonly known as the common bluebell, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant. -Taxonomy:...
flower.
- The first BluebellHMS Bluebell (1915)HMS Bluebell was an Acacia-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 24 July 1915.The Aud was intercepted by HMS Bluebell as she carried arms to Ireland for the Easter Rising in 1916.She was sold in May 1930....
was a sloopSloopA sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
in service from 1915 to 1930. - The second Bluebell (K80)HMS Bluebell (K80)HMS Bluebell was a that served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Ordered from Fleming & Ferguson at Paisley on 27 July 1939, she was launched on 24 April 1940 and commissioned in July 1940. She served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Arctic, escorting several convoys to Russia, and also...
was a Flower-classFlower class corvetteThe Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...
corvetteCorvetteA corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
launched in 1940 and sunk by a torpedo in 1945.