HMS Heartsease

HMS Heartsease

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Heartsease", after the common name for the wildflower Viola tricolor:

*HMS "Heartsease" was a 36-gun ship captured in 1652 and sold in 1656.
*HMS "Heartsease" was a Flower class corvette, originally to have been named HMS "Pansy". She was launched in 1940, transferred to the United States Navy in 1942 as USS "Courage" and returned in 1945. She was sold into civilian service in 1946 and was lost in 1958.


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