HMS Begonia
Appearance
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Begonia after the flower.
- HMS Begonia (1915) was an Template:Sclass- sloop launched in 1915, converted to a Q-ship and sunk in a collision with a German submarine off Casablanca in 1917.
- HMS Begonia (K66) was a Template:Sclass2- launched in 1940 and lent to the United States Navy between 1942 and 1945, where she served as USS Impulse. The ship was sold into civilian service in 1946.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- "Flower Class Sloop". Battleships-Cruisers. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- "Steel sloops in the RN". The Leander Project. Retrieved 10 October 2008.