HMS Peony

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

HMS Peony (1915) was an Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1919, becoming the mercantile Ardena.
HMS Peony (K40) was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940 and transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 as Sachtouris. She was returned in 1951 and scrapped in 1952.

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