• August 1915; sold in 1920 HMS Zinnia (K98), a Flower-class corvette active during World War II; launched in November 1940; sunk August 1941 by U-564...
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  • HMS Zinnia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. She was built at Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, launched on 28 November...
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    HMS Zinnia was an Azalea-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy, built in 1915 at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson yard, at Wallsend in the United...
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    Uboat.net. Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Salvia (K 97) (British Corvette)". Uboat.net. Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Zinnia (K 98) (British Corvette)". Uboat...
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  • World War II. She was laid down on 10 January 1940 by Deutsche Werke of Kiel and commissioned on 2 October 1940. German Type IID submarines were enlarged...
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  • HMS Gladiolus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, the first ship of her class. She was laid down at Smiths Dock Company on the River Tees on...
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  • HMS P32 was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. The submarine left Malta on 12 August 1941 for a patrol area...
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    Location Date Cause HMS Courageous (50) off the coast of Ireland 17 September 1939 Sunk by U-29 HMS Glorious (77) Norwegian Sea 8 June 1940 Sunk by naval gunfire...
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  • HMS Hollyhock was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. During her career, she was frequently used for escorting convoys. She was captained...
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    during WWII – uboat.net HMS Vervain (K 190) (British Corvette) – Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII – uboat.net HMS Zinnia (K 98) (British Corvette)...
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  • HMS Verbena was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was launched in 1940, served in the Battle of the Atlantic...
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    HMS Bluebell was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy in World War II. Ordered from Fleming & Ferguson of Paisley, Scotland on 27 July...
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    HMS Aubrietia (K96) was a Flower-class corvette built for the Royal Navy (RN) from 1941-1946. She was active as a convoy escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean...
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    years before returning to service in 1940 during World War II. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Bath (I17), as a Town-class destroyer...
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  • HMS Snapdragon was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and was built by Smith's Dock Company in 1940. She was named after Snapdragon...
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    HMS Spiraea was a Flower-class corvette of the British Royal Navy. Named for a genus of shrub, Spiraea served in the Second World War as an escort. The...
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    metres (6.6 ft). She was overhauled between 28 November 1937 and 8 December 1940, although what exactly this involved is not clear. She probably had her machinery...
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  • Royal Navy as HMS Fleur de Lys and HMS Nasturtium. La Malouine took part in her first convoy, out of Freetown, Sierra Leone, in September 1940. At the end...
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  • MLYV. In October 1940, Tonbridge was requisitioned by the Admiralty. She was converted to a netlayer for the Royal Navy. She served as HMS Tonbridge with...
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    HMS Abelia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and was built by Harland and Wolff in 1941. She was launched on 28 November 1940...
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    July 1940, launched 14 November 1940 and completed 7 March 1941. Zinnia; built by Smith's Dock, laid down 20 August 1940, launched 28 November 1940 and...
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    293 anti-ship guided missile. Several sailors were injured and killed in HMS Bideford (40th EG) but Snowberry escaped damage. Two days later, the 5th...
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     199. Whitley 1991, p. 203. Whitley 1991, p. 59. Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Zinnia (K 98) (British Corvette)". Uboat.net. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006)...
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    1984) A960 Godetia (MCM Logistics & Command ship, decommissioned 2021) A961 Zinnia (supply ship; decommissioned 1993; scrapped 2007) A962 Mechelen (ex-M926...
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    Aconit (formerly HMS Aconite) was one of the nine Flower-class corvettes lent by the Royal Navy to the Free French Naval Forces. During World War II,...
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    HMS Vervain was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. In March 1942, the ship was adopted by the village...
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  • HMS Arabis was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Arabis. She was transferred to the United...
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    Roselys (formerly HMS Sundew) was one of the nine Flower-class corvettes lent by the Royal Navy to the Free French Naval Forces. She served as a naval...
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    aft, which was a poor messing arrangement. On 16 November 1940 Salvia and her sister ships HMS Gloxinia, Hyacinth and Peony sailed from the Port of Liverpool...
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  • HMS Heather was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p...
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