HMS_Thistle
HMS Thistle
List of ships with the same or similar names
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thistle, after the thistle, the national flower of Scotland:
- HMS Thistle (1808) was a 10-gun schooner launched in 1808 and wrecked on 6 March 1811.
- HMS Thistle (1812) was a 12-gun brig launched in 1812 and broken up in 1823.
- HMS Thistle (1855) was a Dapper-class wood screw gunboat launched in 1855 and broken up in 1863.
- HMS Thistle (1868) was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1868 and sold in 1888.
- HMS Thistle (1899) was a Bramble-class gunboat launched in 1899 and sold in 1926.
- HMS Thistle (N24) was a T-class submarine launched in 1938 and sunk in 1940.