List of corvettes of World War II

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This is a list of corvettes of World War II. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.

For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the World War II, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.

List of corvettes of World War II
ShipClassCountry or organizationDisplacement (tons)First commissionedFate
Abelia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9253 February 1941Sold 1947
Aconit Flower Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy 92523 July 194130 April 1947
Action Flower (modified) Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy 1,01522 November 19426 September 1945
Agassiz Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92523 January 1941paid off 14 June 1945
Alacrity Flower (modified) Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy 1,01510 December 19424 October 1945
Alberni Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 9254 February 1941sunk on 21 August 1944 by U-480
Algoma Flower 92511 July 1941paid off 6 July 1945
Alisma Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92513 February 1941 [5]
Alysse Flower Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy 92517 June 19419 February 1942
Amaranthus Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92512 February 1941
Amherst Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 9255 August 1941paid off 16 July 1945
Anchusa Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9251 March 1941
Andenes Flower Flag of Norway, state.svg  Royal Norwegian Navy 9251 October 1941
Anemone Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92512 August 1940 [6]
Arabis (I) Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
9255 April 1940to USA 30 April 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Arabis (II) Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of New Zealand.svg  Royal New Zealand Navy 1,01516 March 1944paid off 1948
Arbutus (I) Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92512 October 1940 [6] sunk on 5 February 1942 by U-136
Arbutus (II) Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of New Zealand.svg  Royal New Zealand Navy 1,0155 July 1944paid off 1948
Armeria Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92528 March 1941
Arrowhead Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
92522 November 1940Loaned to Canada 15 May 1941

Returned to RN 1945

Arvida Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92522 May 1941paid off 14 June 1945
Asbestos Flower (modified) 1,01516 June 19448 July 1945
Asphodel Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92511 September 1940 [6] sunk 10 March 1944 by U-575 [7]
Assam Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Indian Navy 1,01519 February 1945paid off 1947
Aster Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9259 April 1941
Atholl Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01514 October 194317 July 1945
Aubrietia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92523 December 1940 [6] Sold 1948
Auricula Flower 9255 March 1941 [6] 6 May 1942
Azalea Flower 92527 January 1941Sold 1946
Baddeck Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92518 May 1941paid off 4 July 1945
Balsam Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92528 November 1942
Barrie Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92512 May 1941paid off 26 June 1945
Battleford Flower 92531 July 1941paid off 18 July 1945
Beauharnois Flower (modified) 1,01525 September 194412 July 1945
Begonia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
9253 March 1941 [6] to USA as Impulse 10 March 1942, to UK 22 August 1945, paid off 22 July 1948
Belleville Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01519 October 19445 July 1945
Bellwort Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92520 November 1941Sold to Irish naval service 1946
Bengal Bathurst Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Indian Navy 1,0258 August 1942Decommissioned 1960
Bergamot Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92512 May 1941Sold 1946
Betony Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Indian Navy
1,01531 August 1943To RIN as Sind 24 March 1945
Bittersweet Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
92523 January 1941to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 22 June 1945
Bluebell Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92519 July 1940 [6] sunk on 17 February 1945 by U-711 [8]
Bombay Bathurst Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Indian Navy 1,02524 April 1942Decommissioned 1960
Borage Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92529 April 1942
Brandon Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92522 July 1941paid off 22 June 1945
Brantford Flower 92515 May 1942paid off 17 August 1945
Brisk Flower (modified) Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy 1,0156 December 19429 October 1945
Bryony Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9254 June 1942sunk on 15 April 1941by aircraft
Buctouche Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 9255 June 1941paid off 15 June 1945
Burdock Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92527 March 1941
Burnet Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Indian Navy
1,01523 September 1943to RIN as Gondwana 15 May 1945
Buttercup Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92524 April 1942served RNSB, to Norway 20 December 1944
Calgary Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92516 December 1941paid off 19 June 1945
Calendula Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
9256 May 1940to USA as Ready 12 March 1942, to UK 20 August 1945, paid off 1945
Camellia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92518 June 1940
Campanula Flower 9256 September 1940 [6]
Campion Flower 9257 July 1941
Camrose Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92530 June 1941paid off 22 July 1945
Candytuft Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
92516 October 1940to USA as Tenacity 4 March 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Carnation Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg  Royal Netherlands Navy
92522 February 1941 [6] transferred to Netherlands 24 March 1943, paid off 4 October 1944
Celandine Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92530 April 1941 [6]
Chambly Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92518 December 1940paid off 20 June 1945
Charlock Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Indian Navy
1,015March 1944to RIN post-war, paid off 1947
Charlottetown Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01513 December 1941sunk on 11 September 1942 by U-517
Chicoutimi Flower 92512 May 1941paid off 16 June 1945
Chilliwack Flower 9258 April 1941paid off 14 July 1945
Chrysanthemum Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 925
Clarkia Flower 92522 April 1940
Clematis Flower 92527 July 1940 [6]
Clover Flower 92513 May 1941
Cobalt Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92525 November 1940paid off 17 June 1945
Cobourg Flower (modified) 1,01511 May 194415 June 1945
Collingwood Flower 92519 November 1940paid off 23 July 1945
Coltsfoot Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9251 November 1941
Columbine Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9259 November 1940 [6]
Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves Flower Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy 92523 May 194231 May 1947
Commandant Detroyat Flower 92516 September 19411947
Commandant Drogou Flower 92515 January 1942May 1947
Convolvulus Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92526 February 1941 [6] Scrapped 1947
Coreopsis Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of Greece.svg  Hellenic Navy
925to Greece as Kriezis 10 November 1943, out of service 1952.
Coriander Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 925
Cowslip Flower 9259 August 1941
Crocus Flower 92520 October 1940 [6]
Cyclamen Flower 92530 September 1940 [6]
Dahlia Flower 92521 March 1941 [6]
Dauphin Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92517 May 1941paid off 20 June 1945
Dawson Flower 9256 October 1941paid off 19 June 1945
Delphinium Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92515 November 1940 [6]
Dianella Flower 9256 January 1941 [6]
Dianthus Flower 92517 March 1941 [6]
Dittany Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
1,0157 March 1943to USA as Beacon 7 March 1943, to UK 31 May 1943
Drumheller Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92513 September 1941paid off 11 July 1945
Dundas Flower 9251 April 1942paid off 17 July 1945
Dunvegan Flower 9259 September 1941paid off 3 July 1945
Edmundston Flower 92521 October 1941paid off 16 June 1945
Eglantine Flower Flag of Norway, state.svg  Royal Norwegian Navy 92529 August 1941scrapped June 1969
Erica Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9259 August 1940sunk 9 February 1943
Eyebright Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
92526 November 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 17 June 1945
Fennel Flower 92516 January 1941to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 12 June 1945
Fergus Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01518 November 194414 July 1945
Fleur de Lys Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92526 August 194014 October 1941
Forrest Hill Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,0151 December 19439 July 1945
Fredericton Flower 9258 December 1941paid off 14 July 1945
Freesia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92519 November 1940
Fritillary Flower 9251 November 1941
Frontenac Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01526 October 194322 July 1945
Galt Flower 92515 May 1941paid off 21 June 1945
Giffard Flower (modified) 1,01510 November 19435 July 1945
Gardenia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92524 May 1940 [6] 9 November 1942 [6]
Genista Flower 9258 December 1941
Gentian Flower 92520 September 1940
Geranium Flower 92524 June 1940 [6]
Gladiolus Flower 9256 April 1940sunk on 17 October 1941 by U-553 [9]
Gloriosa Flower 925
Gloxinia Flower 92522 August 1940
Godetia (I) Flower 92515 July 1940sunk in collision 6 September 1940
Godetia (II) Flower 92523 February 1942
Guelph Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,0159 May 194427 June 1945
Halifax Flower 92526 November 1941paid off 12 July 1945
Harebell Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 925
Haste Flower (modified) Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy 1,0156 April 1943paid off 3 October 1945
Hawkesbury Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01514 June 194410 July 1945
Heartsease Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
9254 June 1940to USA 3 April 1942 as Courage, to UK 23 August 1945
Heather Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9251 November 1940
Heliotrope Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
92512 September 1940to USA as Surprise 24 March 1942., to UK 26 August 1945
Hemlock Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 925
Hepatica Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
92512 November 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 27 June 1945
Hibiscus Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
92521 May 1940to USA as Spry 2 May 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Hollyhock Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92519 November 19409 April 1942
Honesty Flower (modified) 1,01528 May 1943scrapped 1961
Honeysuckle Flower 92514 September 1940
Hyacinth Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of Greece.svg  Hellenic Navy
9252 October 1940to Greece as Apostolis 24 October 1943, out of service 1952
Hyderabad Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92523 February 1942
Hydrangea Flower 9253 January 1941
Intensity Flower (modified) Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy 1,01531 March 1943paid off 3 October 1945
Ivy Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 925
Jasmine Flower 92516 May 1941
Jonquil Flower 92521 October 1940
Kamloops Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92517 March 1941paid off 27 June 1945
Kamsack Flower 9254 October 1941paid off 22 July 1945
Kenogami Flower 92529 June 1941paid off 9 July 1945
Kingcup Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92530 December 1940
Kitchener Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92528 June 1942paid off 11 July 1945
La Bastiaise Flower Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy 92522 June 194022 June 1940
La Malbaie Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92528 April 1942paid off 28 June 1945
La Malouine Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92529 July 1940
Lachute Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01526 October 194410 July 1945
Larkspur Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
9254 June 1940to USA as Fury 17 March 1942, to UK on 22 August 1945.
Lavender Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92516 May 1941
Lethbridge Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92525 June 1941paid off 23 July 1945
Levis Flower 92516 May 1941sunk 19 September 1941 by U-74
Linaria Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 1,01519 June 1943paid off 15 January 1948
Lindsay Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01515 November 194318 July 1945
Ling Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 925
Lobelia Flower Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy 92516 July 1941April 1947
Long Branch Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,0155 January 194417 June 1945
Loosestrife Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92525 November 1941
Lotus Flower 92523 May 1942
Louisburg (I) Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 9252 October 1941sunk on 6 February 1943 by Luftwaffe aircraft
Louisburg (II) Flower (modified) 1,01513 December 194325 June 1945
Lunenburg Flower 9254 December 1941paid off 23 July 1945
Madras Bathurst Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Indian Navy 1,02512 May 1942Decommissioned 1960
Mallow Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Royal Yugoslav Navy
9252 July 1940Loaned to the Royal Yugoslav Navy on 11 January 1944 and renamed Nada, returned in 1949
Marguerite Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92520 November 1940
Marigold Flower 92528 February 19419 December 1942
Marjoram Flower 925
Matapedia Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 9259 May 1941paid off 16 June 1945
Mayflower Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
92528 November 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 31 May 1945
Meadowsweet Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9258 July 1942
Merrittonia Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01510 November 194411 July 1945
Midland Flower 92517 November 1941paid off 15 July 1945
Might Flower (modified) Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy 1,01522 December 19429 October 1945
Mignonette Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9257 May 1941
Mimico Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,0158 February 194418 July 1945
Mimosa Flower Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy 92511 May 19419 June 1942
Moncton Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92524 April 1942paid off 12 December 1945
Monkshood Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92531 July 1941
Montbretia Flower Flag of Norway, state.svg  Royal Norwegian Navy 92529 September 1941sunk 18 November 1942 by U-262
Moose Jaw Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92519 June 1941paid off 8 July 1945
Morden Flower 9256 September 1941paid off 29 June 1945
Myosotis Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92530 May 1941
Nanaimo Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92526 April 1941paid off 28 September 1945
Napanee Flower 92512 May 1941paid off 12 July 1945
Narcissus Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92517 July 1941
Nasturtium Flower 92526 September 1940
New Westminster Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92531 January 1942paid off 21 June 1945
Nigella Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92525 February 1941
Norsyd Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01522 December 194325 June 1945
North Bay Flower (modified) 1,01525 October 19435 June 1945
Oakville Flower 92518 November 1941paid off 20 July 1945
Orchis Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92529 November 194021 August 1944
Orillia Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92525 November 1940paid off 2 July 1945
Owen Sound Flower (modified) 1,01517 November 194319 July 1945
Oxlip Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92528 December 1941
Parry Sound Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01530 August 194410 July 1945
Pennywort Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9255 March 1942
Pentstemon Flower 92531 July 1941
Peony Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of Greece.svg  Hellenic Navy
9252 August 1940to Greece as Sachtouris 1943, scrapped 1952
Periwinkle Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
9258 April 1940to USA as Restless 15 March 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Pert Flower (modified) Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy 1,01523 July 19433 October 1945
Peterborough Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,0151 June 194419 July 1945
Petunia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92513 January 1941
Phlox Flower 925May 1942
Picotee Flower 9255 September 1940sunk on 12 August 1941 by U-568 [10]
Pictou Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92529 April 1941paid off 12 July 1945
Pimpernel Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9259 January 1941
Pink Flower 9252 July 1942declared total loss after 27 June 1944 in attack by U-988 [11]
Polyanthus Flower 92524 April 1941sunk on 21 September 1943 by U-952 [12]
Poppy Flower 92512 May 1942
Port Arthur Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92526 May 1942paid off 11 July 1945
Potentilla Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of Norway, state.svg  Royal Norwegian Navy
92516 January 1942to Norway 16 January 1942, to RN 13 March 1944
Prescott Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92526 June 1941paid off 20 July 1945
Primrose Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92515 July 1940
Primula Flower 92527 August 1940
Prudent Flower (modified) Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy 1,01516 August 194311 October 1945
Punjab Bathurst Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Indian Navy 1,02520 March 1942Decommissioned 1949
Quesnel Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92523 May 1941paid off 3 July 1945
Ranunculus Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 925
Regina Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92522 January 1942sunk on 8 August 1944 by U-667
Renoncule Flower Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy 92528 July 19411947
Rhododendron Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92518 October 1940
Rimouski Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92526 April 1941paid off 24 July 1945
Riviere du Loup Flower (modified) 1,01521 November 19432 July 1945
Rockrose Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9254 November 1941
Rose Flower Flag of Norway, state.svg  Royal Norwegian Navy 92531 October 1941to Norway 31 October 1941, sunk 26 October 1944 by Manners
Rosebay Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 1,01528 July 1943paid off 20 March 1946
Roselys Flower Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy 92519 September 19411947
Rosthern Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92517 June 1941paid off 19 July 1945
Sackville Flower 92530 December 1941paid off 8 April 1946
Salvia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92520 September 1940sunk on 24 December 1941 by U-568 [13]
Samphire Flower 92530 June 194130 January 1943
Saskatoon Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 9259 June 1941paid off 25 June 1945
Saxifrage Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9256 February 1942
Shawinigan Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92519 September 1941sunk 25 November 1944
Shediac Flower 9258 July 1941paid off 28 August 1945
Sherbrooke Flower 9255 June 1941paid off 28 June 1945
Smilax Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 1,01521 June 1943paid off 9 October 1945
Smiths Falls Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01528 November 19448 July 1945
Snowberry Flower 92526 November 1940paid off 8 June 1945
Snowdrop Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92530 July 1941
Snowflake Flower 9252 November 1941
Sorel Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92519 August 1941paid off 22 June 1945
Spikenard Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
9256 December 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, sunk on 11 February 1942 by U-136
Spiraea Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92527 February 1941
St. Lambert Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01527 May 194420 July 1945
Starwort Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92526 May 1941
Statice Flower (modified) 1,01520 September 1943paid off May 1947
Stellarton Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01529 September 19441 July 1945
Stonecrop Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92530 July 1941
Strathroy Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,01520 November 194412 July 1945
Sudbury Flower 92515 October 1941paid off 28 August 1945
Summerside Flower 92511 September 1941paid off 6 July 1945
Sundew Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 925
Sunflower Flower 92525 January 1941
Sweetbriar Flower 9258 September 1941
Tamarisk Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of Greece.svg  Hellenic Navy
925November 1943to Greece as Tombazis November 1943. scrapped 1952
The Pas Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92521 October 1941paid off 24 July 1945
Thorlock Flower (modified) 1,01513 November 194415 July 1945
Thyme Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92523 October 1941
Timmins Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92510 February 1942paid off 15 July 1945
Trail Flower 92530 April 1941paid off 17 July 1945
Trentonian Flower (modified) 1,0151 December 1943sunk 22 February 1945 by U-1004
Trillium Flower 92531 October 1940paid off 27 June 1945
Tulip Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92518 November 1940
Vancouver Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92520 March 1942paid off 26 June 1945
Verbena Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92519 December 1940
Veronica Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Navy
92518 February 1941To USA as Temptress 16 February 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Vervain Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9259 June 194120 February 1945
Vetch Flower 92511 August 1941
Ville de Quebec Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 92524 May 1942Paid off 6 July 1945
Violet Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9253 February 194110 February 1946
Wallflower Flower 9257 March 1941
West York Flower (modified) Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 1,0156 October 19449 July 1945
Wetaskiwin Flower 92517 December 1940Paid off 19 June 1945
Weyburn Flower 92526 November 1941Sunk by Mine near Gibraltar February 1943
Whitby Flower (modified) 1,0156 June 194416 July 1945
Willowherb Flower (modified) Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 1,01530 August 1943Paid off 11 June 1946
Windflower Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
92520 October 1940To Canada 15 May 1941, sunk 7 December 1941
Woodruff Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 9257 April 1941
Woodstock Flower Naval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy 9251 May 1942paid off 27 January 1945
Zinnia Flower Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy 92530 March 1941sunk 23 August 1941 by U-564 [14]

Related Research Articles

HMS Polyanthus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 30 November 1940 from Leith Docks on the Firth of Forth, at an estimated cost of £55,000. Polyanthus was sunk by the German submarine U-952 using new German weapons technology on 20 September 1943 about 1,000 miles southwest of Reykjavík during convoy escort duty in the Battle of the North Atlantic.

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