HMS Flora

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Four 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. She was captured in 1761 by HMS Unicorn and was scuttled in 1778 to avoid capture. She was salvaged and became the French privateer Flore in 1784. She was then recaptured by HMS Phaeton in 1798 and sold.
  • HMS Flora was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1780 and wrecked in 1809.
  • HMS Flora was an Astraea class cruiser launched in 1893. She was renamed TS Indus II in 1915 and was sold in 1922.
  • HMS Flora was originally the iron screw gunboat HMS 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.
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