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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Thistle'', after the thistle, the national flower of Scotland: *HMS ''Thistle'' was a 10-gun schooner launched in 1808 and wrecked on 6 March 1811 on Maransquam Beach, 30 miles south of Sandy Hook, due to an inaccurate chart. Her crew was saved, except for four small boys.〔Gossett (1986), p.78.〕 *HMS ''Thistle'' was a 12-gun brig launched in 1812 and broken up in 1823. *HMS ''Thistle'' was a ''Dapper''-class wood screw gunboat launched in 1855 and broken up in 1863. *HMS ''Thistle'' was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1868 and sold in 1888. *HMS ''Thistle'' was a ''Bramble''-class gunboat launched in 1899 and sold in 1926. *HMS ''Thistle'' was a T-class submarine launched in 1939 and sunk in 1940. ==Royal Scots Navy== There was also an earlier ''HMS Thistle'' which served in the old Royal Scots Navy during the Anglo-Spanish War (1625–30) and Anglo-French War (1627–29). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Thistle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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