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"Modified FLOWER" corvettes (HONESTY) (44(15), 1943 - 1944)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Modification
Betony, 8.1945 - Sind, 5.1946 - Betony (8/1945-5/1946 - RIM) K274 687 Hall, Aberdeen 9.1942 22.4.1943 8.1943 to Thailand 1947 (รบหลวงประแส [Prasae]) British-built, 1941 program
Bugloss, 2.1945 - Assam (RIM 2.1945) K306 208 Crown, Sunderland 11.1942 21.6.1943 11.1943 BU 1947 British-built, 1941 program
Burnet, 5.1945 - Gondwana, 5.1946 - Burnet (5/1945-5/1946 - RIM) K348 366 Ferguson, Glasgow 11.1942 31.5.1943 9.1943 to Thailand 1947 (บางปะกง [Bangpakong]) British-built, 1941 program
Forrest Hill (ex-Ceanothus) (RCN) K486   Ferguson, Glasgow 2.1943 30.8.1943 12.1943 BU 1948 British-built, 1941 program
Giffard (ex-Buddleia) (RCN) K402 688 Hall, Aberdeen 11.1942 19.6.1943 11.1943 BU 10.1952 British-built, 1941 program
Mimico (ex-Bulrush) (RCN) K485 209 Crown, Sunderland 2.1943 11.10.1943 2.1944 sold 1950 British-built, 1941 program
Arabis (RNZN 2.1944 - 1948) K385 - F85 227 George Brown, Greenock 2/1943 28.10.1943 2/1944 BU 8.1951 British-built, 1942 program
Arbutus (RNZN 7.1944 - 1948) K403 - F103 228 George Brown, Greenock 5/1943 26.1.1944 7/1944 BU 6.1951 British-built, 1942 program
Balm     Hall, Aberdeen --- --- --- cancelled 11.1942 British-built, 1942 program
Charlock, 1946 - Mahratta (RIM 1946) K395 368 Ferguson, Glasgow 1942/43 16.11.1943 3.1944 wrecked 1947 British-built, 1942 program
Long Branch (ex-Candytuft) (RCN) K487 1221 Inglis, Glasgow 2.1943 28.9.1943 1.1944 sold 1947 British-built, 1942 program
Atholl (RCN) K15 32 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 8.1942 4.4.1943 10.1943 BU 10.1952 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Cobourg (RCN) K333 11 Midland, Canada 11.1942 14.7.1943 5.1944 sold 1947 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Fergus (ex- RCN Fort Francis) (RCN) K686 113 Collingwood, Canada 12.1943 30.8.1944 11.1944 stricken 7.1945 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Frontenac (RCN) K335 26 Kingston, Canada 2.1943 2.6.1943 10.1943 sold 10.1945 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Guelph (RCN) K687 112 Collingwood, Canada 5.1943 20.12.1943 5.1944 sold 1945 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Hawkesbury (RCN) K415 37 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 7.1943 16.11.1943 6.1944 sold 1950 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Lindsay (RCN) K338 10 Midland, Canada 9.1942 4.6.1943 11.1943 sold 1946 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Louisburg (RCN) K401 34 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 1.1943 13.7.1943 12.1943 to Dominican Republic 1947 (Juan Alejandro Acosta) Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Norsyd (RCN) K520 35 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 1.1943 31.7.1943 12.1943 sold 1946 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
North Bay (RCN) K339 110 Collingwood, Canada 9.1942 27.4.1943 10.1943 sold 1946 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Owen Sound (RCN) K340 111 Collingwood, Canada 11.1942 15.6.1943 11.1943 sold 7.1945 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Rivière du Loup (RCN) K357 33 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 1.1943 2.7.1943 11.1943 to Dominican Republic 1947 (Juan Bautista Maggiolo) Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
St. Lambert (RCN) K343 36 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 7.1943 6.11.1943 5.1944 sold 1946 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Trentonian (RCN) K368 27 Kingston, Canada 2.1943 1.9.1943 12.1943 sunk 22.2.1945 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Whitby (RCN) K346 12 Midland, Canada 4.1943 18.9.1943 6.1944 sold 8.1946 Canadian-built, revised 1942-1943 program
Comfrey K277 105 Collingwood, Canada 1/1942 28.7.1942 11.1942 // --- to USA at completion (Action) Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Cornel K278 106 Collingwood, Canada 1/1942 4.9.1942 12.1942 // --- to USA at completion (Alacrity) Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Dittany (ex-USN Beacon) K279 107 Collingwood, Canada 1942 31.10.1942 5.1943 to USA 6.1946 Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Flax K284 23 Kingston, Canada 1942 15.6.1942 12/1942 // --- to USA at completion (Brisk) Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Honesty (ex-USN Caprice) K285 24 Kingston, Canada 1942 28.9.1942 5.1943 to USA 1.1946 Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Linaria (ex-USN Clash) K282 8 Midland, Canada 1942 18.11.1942 6.1943 to USA 7.1946 Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Mandrake K287 22 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1941 22.8.1942 4.1943 // --- to USA at completion (Haste) Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Milfoil K288 21 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11/1941 22.8.1942 3/1943 // --- to USA at completion (Intensity) Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Musk K289 20 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1941 15.7.1942 12.1942 // --- to USA at completion (Might) Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Nepeta K290 23 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 7.1942 27.11.1942 7.1943 // --- to USA at completion (Pert) Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Privet K291 24 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 8.1942 4.12.1942 6.1943 // --- to USA at completion (Prudent) Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Rose Bay (ex-USN Splendor) K286 25 Kingston, Canada 1942 11.2.1943 7.1943 to USA 3.1946 Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Smilax (ex-USN Tact) K280 108 Collingwood, Canada 1942 24.12.1942 6/1943 to USA 1.1946 Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Statice (ex-USN Vin) K281 109 Collingwood, Canada 1942 10.4.1943 9.1943 to USA 6.1946 Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Willowherb (ex-USN Vitality) K283 9 Midland, Canada 1942 24.3.1943 8.1943 to USA 6.1946 Canadian-built, British order for USN (reverse lend-lease)
Asbestos (RCN) K358 38 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 7.1943 22.11.1943 6.1944 BU 3.1949 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Beauharnois (RCN) K540 39 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1943 11.5.1944 9.1944 sold 1946 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Belleville (RCN) K332 29 Kingston, Canada 1.1944 17.6.1944 10.1944 to Dominican Republic 1947 (Juan Bautista Cambiaso) Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Brampton (RCN)     Morton, Quebec City, Canada --- --- --- cancelled 12.1943 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Ingersoll (RCN) K336   Collingwood, Canada --- --- --- cancelled 12.1943 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Lachute (RCN) K440 41 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1943 19.6.1944 10.1944 to Dominican Republic 1947 (Cristobal Colón) Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Listowel (RCN) K439 32 Kingston, Canada --- --- --- cancelled 12.1943 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Meaford (RCN)   17 Midland, Canada --- --- --- cancelled 12.1943 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Merrittonia (ex-RCN Pointe Claire) (RCN) K688 42 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1943 24.6.1944 11.1944 wrecked 30.11.1945 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Parry Sound (RCN) K341 13 Midland, Canada 6.1943 13.11.1943 8.1944 sold 1950 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Peterborough (RCN) K342 28 Kingston, Canada 9.1943 15.1.1944 6.1944 to Dominican Republic 1947 (Gerardo Jansen) Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Renfrew (RCN) K452   Kingston, Canada --- --- --- cancelled 12.1943 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Simcoe (RCN)     Morton, Quebec City, Canada --- --- --- cancelled 12.1943 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Smith`s Falls (RCN) K345 30 Kingston, Canada 1.1944 19.8.1944 11.1944 sold 1950 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Stellarton (RCN) K457 40 Morton, Quebec City, Canada 11.1943 27.4.1944 9.1944 to Chile 1946 (Casma) Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Strathroy (RCN) K455 16 Midland, Canada 11.1943 15.6.1944 11.1944 to Chile 1946 (Chipana) Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
Thorlock (RCN) K394 15 Midland, Canada 9.1943 15.5.1944 11.1944 to Chile 1946 (Papudo) Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program
West York (RCN) K369 14 Midland, Canada 7.1943 25.1.1944 10.1944 sold late 1945 Canadian-built, revised 1943-1944 program


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

980 - 1000

Displacement full, t

1350 - 1370

Length, m

57.9 pp 62.5 oa

Canadian-built ships and Forrest Hill, Giffard, Longbranch, Mimico: 57.9 pp 63.5 oa

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

4.34 - 4.42 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

British-built ships: 1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers

Canadian-built ships: 1 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

2750

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

oil 337

Endurance, nm(kts)

7400(10)

Armament

British-built ships: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72)

Canadian-built ships: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (100)

Electronic equipment

type 271Q or type 273 or type 291 radar, type 144 sonar

Complement

109



Project history

"Flower" with considerably increased fuel stowage. They were built in Britain and Canada and differed only by boilers: British-built ships had traditional fire-tube but Canadian-built ships had water-tube ones. All 10 ships built in Britain were transferred to Commonwealth navies. 27 corvettes were built for RCN (under 1942-1943 and 1943-1944 Programmes, the order for 6 ships had cancelled) and, besides, 15 corvettes were built under British order for transfer to the USA by "reverse" lend-lease. By the moment of their completion USN did not feel any more lack in the escorts and commissioned 8 corvettes only (classified as gunboats), remaining ships were returned to RN (besides in lend-lease frameworks, this time direct).

Modernizations

None.

1/1946: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk I or 1 x 1 - 102/40 CP Mk XXIII, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII or 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V or 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72 - 100), type 271Q or type 273 or type 291 radar, type 144 sonar

Naval service

Trentonian 22.2.1945 was sunk by German submarine U1004. Merrittonia was lost as a result of navigating accident 30.11.1945.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.