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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
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. 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saxifrage Royal Navy ship names