HMS Camellia (K31)
HMS Camellia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.
HMS Camellia with a convoy, 23 September 1943 | |
History | |
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Name: | HMS Camellia |
Builder: | Harland and Wolff[1] |
Yard number: | 1064[1] |
Laid down: | 14 November 1939 |
Launched: | 4 May 1940 |
Completed: | 18 June 1940[1] |
Commissioned: | 18 June 1940 |
Identification: | Pennant number: K31 |
Fate: | Sold to Dutch Company and renamed Hetty W Vinke 1946 |
Status: | Scrapped 19 September 1965 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
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
In 1946 she was sold privately, and two years later was rechristened Hetty W Vinke.
References
- 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.