HMS Mignonette (K38)

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HMS Mignotte underway on the Tyne
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameMignonette
Ordered31 August 1939
Builder Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen
Laid down15 July 1940
Launched28 January 1941
Commissioned7 May 1941
Out of service1946 - sold
Identification Pennant number: K38
FateSold 1946; sunk November 1948
General characteristics
Class and type Flower-class corvette (original)
Displacement925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
  • 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament
  • 1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun
  • 2 x double Lewis machine gun
  • 2 × twin Vickers machine gun
  • 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
  • 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
  • initially with minesweeper equipment, later removed

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. ↑ "Aberdeen Ships - Mignonette". www.aberdeenships.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Friedman, Norman s. 339
  3. ↑ "HMS Mignonette (K38)". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Flower Class Corvettes from HMS Mallow to HMS Primula". www.worldnavalships.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

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