HMS_Zinnia_(K98)

HMS <i>Zinnia</i> (K98)

HMS Zinnia (K98)

Flower-class corvette

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

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

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She was built at Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, launched on 28 November 1940 and commissioned on 30 March 1941.

She protected convoys in the North Atlantic during the Second World War as part of the Battle of the Atlantic. On 23 August 1941, while escorting Convoy OG 71, she was hit by a torpedo from U-564, commanded by Reinhard Suhren, exploded and sank west of Portugal at 40°25′N 10°40′W.

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