title: HMS Anchusa
text: # 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 SM 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.
  