HMS Saxifrage

Two ships of the Royal Navy were named HMS Saxifrage after the genus of holarctic perennial plants:

• HMS Saxifrage, an Anchusa-class sloop launched in 1918 and renamed HMS President in 1922, becoming a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship on the River Thames. She was sold in 1988, passing through a series of private owners and is now used as a venue for conferences and functions.

In 2014 the vessel was repainted by the german artist Tobias Rehberger in the manner of Dazzle camouflage applied during World War I by the navies of the British Empire and the United States on their ships.

• HMS Saxifrage (K04), a Flower-class corvette launched in 1942 and transferred in August 1947 to Royal Norwegian Navy as the weather ship Polarfront I. She was still listed in 1979.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.