Three ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS Arbutus:
HMS Arbutus (1917) was a
Anchusa-class sloop that served in World War I. She was torpedoed by the German U-boat
SM UB-65 off the Irish coast on 15 December 1917, and sunk during towing on 16 December.
HMS Arbutus (K403) was a modified Flower-class corvette, launched on 26 January 1944, and loaned to the
Royal New Zealand Navy. Decommissioned in 1948, she was returned to the Royal Navy and broken up in June 1951.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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