Two ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Bryony'', after the flower
Bryony:
* was an
sloop
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, launched in 1917 and broken up in 1938.
* was a launched in 1941. She was sold in 1948 to the
Norwegian government
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and renamed ''Polarfront II'' to be used as a
weather ship
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. She was sold in 1979 and scrapped the following year.
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Royal Navy ship names