HMS Blossom explained

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blossom:

• was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806. She was converted to a survey ship in 1825, was hulked as a lazarette in 1833 and broken up in 1848.
• was a wooden screw gunboat, originally to have been named HMS Careful, but renamed in 1855 prior to her launch on 21 April 1856. She was broken up in 1864.
• HMS Blossom was a screw tank vessel assigned to Gibraltar as a service vessel in May 1902.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Naval & Military intelligence . 14 May 1902 . 12 . 36767.