HMS Peony explained

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peony, after the flower:

• was an sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1919, becoming the mercantile Ardena.
• was a launched in 1940 and transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 as Sachtouris. She was returned in 1951 and scrapped in 1952.