Several classes of ships have been called Flower class:
- Sloops
- Flower class sloops of the Royal Navy built in the early 20th century that served in World War I
- Corvettes
- Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and other navies, built in the mid 20th century that served in World War II
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