HMS Honeysuckle was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of the Atlantic.[1][2][3]
HMS Honeysuckle coming alongside the aircraft carrier Trumpeter in the Kola Inlet | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Rhododendron |
Ordered | 31 August 1939 |
Builder | Ferguson Shipbuilders. Ltd., Port Glasgow |
Laid down | 26 October 1939 |
Launched | 22 April 1940 |
Commissioned | 14 September 1940 |
Out of service | 1950 – sold to T.W. Ward |
Identification | Pennant number: K27 |
Fate | Sold 1950; scrapped November 1950 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette (original) |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons) |
Length | 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Background edit
The ship was commissioned on 31 August 1939 by Harland and Wolff from Port Glasgow in Scotland.[4]
War service edit
On 20 September 1941, HMS Honeysuckle picked up 51 survivors from the CAM ship Empire Burton, which was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-74. That same day, she picked up an additional 22 survivors from the tanker T.J. Williams, which has torpedoed by a different U-boat, U-552. On 4 July 1943, she picked up 276 survivors from the merchant St. Essylt, which was torpedoed by U-375 off of Algeria.[1]
Fate edit
Sources edit
- 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.
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates - The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
References edit
- ^ a b "HMS Honeysuckle (K 27) of the Royal Navy - British Corvette of the Flower class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "HMS honeysuckle in the Great War - The Wartime Memories Project -". www.wartimememoriesproject.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "HMS Honeysuckle - World Naval Ships Directory". www.worldnavalships.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ Friedman, Norman s. 340
- ^ "Flower Class Corvettes HMS Honeysuckle". www.worldnavalships.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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