HMS Flamingo

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Flamingo, after the flamingo bird.

• The first Flamingo was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1876, sent to harbour service in 1893, and sold 1923.

• The second Flamingo (U03) was a Black Swan-class sloop. She was laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilding Company, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on May 26, 1938, launched on April 18, 1939, completed on November 3, 1939 and commissioned December 3, 1939. Flamingo was sold to West Germany on January 1959, and renamed Graf Spee.