- HMS Marigold
Six ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Marigold", after themarigold flower.* The first "Marigold" was a 22-gun ship captured from the Portuguese in 1650 and sold 1658.
* The second "Marigold" was a 3-gunhoy , a 42-ton vessel built atPortsmouth Dockyard in 1653 and broken up in 1712.
* The third "Marigold" was a 4-gunfireship purchased in 1673 and lost in action in August of that year.
* The fourth "Marigold" was a 44-gunfourth-rate captured from Algeria in 1677 and wrecked 1679.
* The fifth "Marigold" was an "Acacia"-classsloop launched in 1915 and sold 1920.
* The sixth "Marigold" was a Flower-classcorvette launched in 1940 and sunk December 1942.
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