Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 05 |
Built by | Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
Ordered | 31 Aug 1939 |
Laid down | 27 Jun 1940 |
Launched | 15 Feb 1941 |
Commissioned | |
End service | |
History | Served as the Free French corvette Lobelia (name not changed from 1941). Returned to the Royal Navy in April 1947. Sold to Norway on 3 May 1947 for conversion to trader, but sold on to Bryde & Dahl in July 1948. Refitted as bouy-boat, renamed Thorgeir. Last season as whaler was 1966/1967. Laid up in Sandefjord from May 1967 to June 1969 when sold to Norsk Skipsopphugning, Grimstad for breaking up. |
Career notes | To the Free French Navy as Lobelia |
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