HMS Hollyhock (K64)
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HMS Hollyhock was a Royal Navy corvette of the Flower class. The Hollyhock, (Lt.Cdr. T.E. Davies, OBE, RNR) was bombed and sunk east of Ceylon on 9 April 1942 along with the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, the destroyer HMAS Vampire and two tankers. The attacking aircraft came from the Japanese aircraft carriers Sōryū, Hiryū and Akagi.
- Navy: The Royal Navy
- Type: Corvette
- Class: Flower
- Penant: K 64
- Built by: John Crown & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland, U.K) : N.E. Marine
- Ordered:
- Laid down: 27 November 1939
- Launched: 19 August 1940
- Commissioned: 19 November 1940
- Lost: 9 April 1942
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