HMS Marigold

Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Marigold", after the marigold flower.

* The first "Marigold" was a 22-gun ship captured from the Portuguese in 1650 and sold 1658.
* The second "Marigold" was a 3-gun hoy, a 42-ton vessel built at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1653 and broken up in 1712.
* The third "Marigold" was a 4-gun fireship purchased in 1673 and lost in action in August of that year.
* The fourth "Marigold" was a 44-gun fourth-rate captured from Algeria in 1677 and wrecked 1679.
* The fifth "Marigold" was an "Acacia"-class sloop launched in 1915 and sold 1920.
* The sixth "Marigold" was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940 and sunk December 1942.