HMS Thistle

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thistle, after the thistle, the national flower of Scotland:

  • HMS Thistle was a 10-gun schooner launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1811.
  • HMS Thistle was a 12-gun brig launched in 1812 and broken up in 1823.
  • HMS Thistle was a Dapper class wood screw gunboat launched in 1855 and broken up in 1863.
  • HMS Thistle was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1868 and sold in 1888.
  • HMS Thistle was a Bramble class gunboat launched in 1899 and sold in 1926.
  • HMS Thistle was a T class submarine launched in 1939 and sunk in 1940.

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