two ships of the royal navy have borne the name hms geranium, after the flower, the geranium: * was an arabis class sloop launched in 1915. she was transferred to the royal australian navy in 1920, was dismantled in 1932 and sunk as a target in 1935. * was a flower class corvette launched in 1940 and sold to the royal danish navy in 1945. they renamed her thetis and discarded her in 1963.   
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