- HMS Begonia
Two vessels of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Begonia" after the flower.*HMS|Begonia|1915|6 was an "Azalea"-class sloop launched in 1915, converted to a
Q-ship and sunk in a collision with a German submarine offCasablanca in 1917.
*HMS|Begonia|K66|6 was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940 and lent to the United States Navy between 1942 and 1945, where she served as USS|Impulse|PG-68|6. The ship was sold into civilian service in 1946.References
*Colledge
*cite web | url = http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/flower.htm | work = Battleships-Crusiers | title =Flower Class Sloop | accessdate=2008-10-10
*cite web | work =The Leander Project | title =Steel sloops in the RN | url = http://www.leander-project.homecall.co.uk/Sloops.html | accessdate=2008-10-10
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