Two ships of the Royal Navy were named HMS ''Saxifrage'' after the
genus of holarctic perennial plants:
* , an launched in 1918 and renamed HMS ''President'' in 1922, becoming a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship on the
River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, se ...
. She was sold in 1988, passing through a series of private owners and is used as a venue for conferences and functions.
* , a launched in 1942 and transferred in August 1947 to Royal Norwegian Navy as the weather ship ''Polarfront I''. She was scrapped in 1979.
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Royal Navy ship names