There have been at least two ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Privet:
HMS Privet (1916), built as the merchantman Island Queen in 1916 and taken up a Q-ship during World War I.
HMS Privet (1942), a Flower-class corvette which was intended for the Royal Navy but was delivered to the U.S. Navy as USS Prudent in 1942.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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USS Prudent (PG–96), originally ordered as HMSPrivet, was an Action-class patrol gunboat in the United States Navy. Prudent was laid down by the Morton...
USS Might (PG-94) ex-HMS Musk (K289) USS Pert (PG-95) ex-HMS Nepeta (K290) USS Prudent (PG-96) ex-HMSPrivet (K291) USS Splendor (PG-97) to UK as HMS Rosebay (K286)...
squadron attacked anyway, first with gunfire and then with depth charges. HMSPrivet reported that she shot a hole through one of the submarines' conning towers...
squadron attacked anyway, first with gunfire and then with depth charges. HMSPrivet reported that she shot a hole through one of the submarines' conning towers...
Caprice was transferred to the Royal Navy on 28 May 1943, and commissioned as HMS Honesty. On 5 January 1946, Honesty was returned to the United States Navy...
Aconit (formerly HMS Aconite) was one of the nine Flower-class corvettes lent by the Royal Navy to the Free French Naval Forces. During World War II,...
HMS Linaria was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, which saw service during the Second World War. Originally built for the US Navy as Clash (PG-91)...
for a similar ship being constructed in Canada. The British renamed her HMS Willowherb, and she served in the Royal Navy for the duration of the war...
HMS Acanthus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. Acanthus was one of ten Flower-class corvettes ordered on 21 September 1939, in the fourth...
HMS Pennywort was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of...
HMS Dittany was a Flower-class corvette of the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. On 14 August 1942, the name Beacon was approved for PG...
293 anti-ship guided missile. Several sailors were injured and killed in HMS Bideford (40th EG) but Snowberry escaped damage. Two days later, the 5th...
HMS Calendula was a Flower-class corvette, built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and was in service in the Battle of the Atlantic. In...
HMS Rosebay (previously known as Splendor (PG-97)) was a Flower-class corvette built for World War II. She was disposed of soon after the war. Splendor...
HMS Smilax was originally launched as Tact (PG-98), an Action-class gunboat built for the United States Navy by Collingwood Shipyards, Ltd., Collingwood...
HMS Periwinkle was a Flower-class corvette, built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and was in service in the Battle of the Atlantic. In...
HMS Orchis was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II. In March 1941, Orchis was the first ship fitted with the very...
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