HMS_Camellia_(K31)

HMS <i>Camellia</i> (K31)

HMS Camellia (K31)

Flower-class corvette

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Camellia.

HMS Camellia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.

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She was laid down on 14 November 1939, launched on 4 May 1940, and commissioned on 18 June 1940.

Operational service

In January 1941 Camelia served as a rescue transport for five crewman of the merchant ship Ringhorn which had gone down in stormy weather. On 4 February 1941 Camellia and the destroyer Harvester picked up 121 survivors from HMS Crispin, sunk by U-107. On 7 March 1941, serving as escorts for convoy OB 293 escort south-east of Iceland, Camellia and her sister ship Arbutus sank the German submarine U-70.

Fate

Hetty W Vinke

In 1948 she was sold for commercial service and renamed Hetty W Vinke.

References

  1. [1]
    McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780752488615.

Publications

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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