Four ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

have borne the name HMS ''Carnation''. * was a launched in 1807, but captured by the French in 1808, and burnt by the British in 1809. * was another ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop, launched in 1813, and sunk as a target in 1867. * was a

sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...

, launched in 1915, and sold for breaking up in 1922. * was a , launched in 1940, which served in the

Royal Netherlands Navy The Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Koninklijke Marine, links=no) is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world an ...

as ''Friso'' from 1943 to 1945, and later as a merchant ship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carnation, Hms Royal Navy ship names