HMS Poppy

HMS Poppy

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Poppy" after the flower [Colledge] .

* The first "Poppy" was an "Arabis"-class sloop launched at the Swan Hunter Shipyard on 9 November 1915 and sold on 9 April 1923.
* The second "Poppy" was a Flower-class corvette launched in Aberdeen on 20 November 1941 and sold in 1946 and subsequently renamed "Rami". As an escort in the PQ17 convoy "Poppy" picked up 53 survivors from the American merchant ship "Hosier" after it had been bombed. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5543.html HMS Poppy] , uboat.net]

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