HMS Heliotrope

At least two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Heliotrope after the genus of flower.

HMS Heliotrope (1915) was an Azalea class sloop
HMS Heliotrope (1940) was a Flower class corvette loaned to the United States for the duration of the war

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