HMS Bluebell

HMS Bluebell

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Bluebell", after the bluebell flower.

* The first "Bluebell" was a sloop in service from 1915 to 1930.
* The second "Bluebell" (K80) was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940 and sunk by a torpedo in 1945.


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