Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named ''Shamrock'', after the plant: * , a

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

built at Bermuda in 1808 and wrecked in 1811. She was the name-ship of her

class Class or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects * Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used differentl ...

of 10-gun schooners. * , an unrated brig-sloop transferred to HM Revenue Service in 1833 and sold in 1867. * , an built in

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

, launched 1918 and scrapped in 1936.Sunderland in the Great War
By Clive Dunn, Gillian Dunn, page 85

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shamrock Royal Navy ship names