HMS Ladybird

Template:Use dmy dates Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Ladybird, after the ladybird family of beetles (Coccinellidae).

• The first Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass launched in 1916 and sunk off Tobruk in 1941.
• The second Template:HMS was a base ship purchased in 1950 and returned to the original owner in 1953.
• The third Template:HMS is a tender launched in 1970.

References

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| last1 = Colledge
| first1 = J. J. 
| author-link1= J. J. Colledge
| last2 = Warlow
| first2 = Ben
| date = 2006
| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
| edition = Rev.
| location = London
| publisher = Chatham Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-86176-281-8
| OCLC = 67375475

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