HMS Geranium

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Geranium, after the flower, the geranium:

HMS Geranium was an Arabis class sloop launched in 1915. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1920, was dismantled in 1932 and sunk as a target in 1935.
HMS Geranium was a Flower class corvette launched in 1940 and sold to the Royal Danish Navy in 1945. They renamed her Thetis and discarded her in 1963.

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