HMS_Mignonette_(K38)

HMS <i>Mignonette</i> (K38)

HMS Mignonette (K38)

Royal Navy Flower-class corvette

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

HMS Mignonette was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an escort ship in the Battle of the Atlantic.[1]

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Background

The ship was commissioned on 31 August 1939 by Hall, Russell & Company from Aberdeen in Scotland.[2]

War service

On 7 February 1943, HMS Mignotte along with HMS Campanula rescued 37 survivors from the merchant ship Afrika, which had been torpedoed by the German submarine U-402. On 15 July 1943 she contributed to the sinking of U-135 alongside HMS Rochester and Balsam. On 21 January 1945 she helped sink U-1199 alongside the destroyer HMS Icarus.[3]

Fate

She was sold in 1946. In 1948, she became the merchant ship Alexandrouplis. That same year, on 30 November 1948, she was lost at sea.[4]

Citations

  1. [1]
    "Aberdeen Ships - Mignonette". www.aberdeenships.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. [2]
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  3. [3]
    "HMS Mignonette (K38)". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Flower Class Corvettes from HMS Mallow to HMS Primula". www.worldnavalships.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

Sources

  • Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates - The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
  • Gardiner, Robert (1987). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  • Preston, Antony; Raven, Alan (1982). Flower Class Corvettes. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-559-2.
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