HMS Laurel

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Laurel. Another was planned but never completed. The first British ship of the name served in the Commonwealth navy. All were named after the plant family Lauraceae

References

  1. The London Gazette: no. 16362. p. 579. 17 April 1810.
  2. Hepper (1994), p.146.
  3. Hepper (1994), p.139.
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