HMS Anchusa

Two Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Anchusa after the flower:

• HMS Anchusa (1917), an Anchusa-class sloop launched in 1917. It was sunk by U-54 off Ireland on 16 July 1918.
• HMS Anchusa (K186), a Flower-class corvette launched at Harland and Wolff on 15 January 1941 and sold in 1946. The new owners renamed her Silverlord.

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. OCLC 67375475.