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HMS Azalea, HMS Zinnia, and the Flower class

A photograph of HMS Azalea, the class nameship, introduces HMS Zinnia, an early Flower-class corvette-sloop whose career spanned both world wars.

Notes

The opening image shows HMS Azalea, the class nameship, while the discussion turns to HMS Zinnia. Zinnia belonged to the early Flower class, described here as a corvette-sloop. Her career reached across both world wars.