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    HMS Bryony was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy. She was laid down at the yards of Harland and Wolff, Belfast...
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    Lambert and Brown 2008, p. 65. HMS Arbutus (K 86) (British Corvette) – Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII – uboat.net HMS Asphodel (K 56) (British Corvette)...
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    Bernard Warburton-Lee (category 1940 deaths)
    Victoria Cross. On 10 April 1940 in Ofotfjord, Narvik, Norway, in the First Battle of Narvik, Captain Warburton-Lee of HMS Hardy commanded the British...
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  • Bloemfontein Castle British Knight HMS Bruiser HMS Bryony HMS Bulwark HMS Cadmus Calchas Cambria HMS Camellia HMS Campania HMS Centaur Oakland Star (launched...
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    HMS Aberdeen was a Grimsby-class sloop in the British Royal Navy. Built in Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, UK by Thornycroft (Southampton, UK), she was...
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    HMS Bluebell was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy in World War II. Ordered from Fleming & Ferguson of Paisley, Scotland on 27 July...
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  • HMS Zinnia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. She was built at Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, launched on 28 November...
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  • HMS Gladiolus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, the first ship of her class. She was laid down at Smiths Dock Company on the River Tees on...
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  • November 1942. Potentilla (1942–1944)- ex-HMS Potentilla Rose – ex-HMS Rose Polarfront II – ex-HMS Bryony, used as a weather ship. Castle class – One...
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    down 27 November 1940, launched 22 November 1941 and completed 29 April 1942. Transferred to the Republic of Ireland as Macha 1946. Bryony; built by Harland...
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  • HMS Heartsease was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served with both the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the Second World War...
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    293 anti-ship guided missile. Several sailors were injured and killed in HMS Bideford (40th EG) but Snowberry escaped damage. Two days later, the 5th...
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    HMS Spiraea was a Flower-class corvette of the British Royal Navy. Named for a genus of shrub, Spiraea served in the Second World War as an escort. The...
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    Museum of Science and Industry, May 1987, retrieved 28 April 2009 Interview, Bryony Gordon, The Daily Telegraph (London), 8 May 2012, Accessed same day. "Oral...
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  • HMS Hollyhock was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. During her career, she was frequently used for escorting convoys. She was captained...
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    HMS Aubrietia (K96) was a Flower-class corvette built for the Royal Navy (RN) from 1941-1946. She was active as a convoy escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean...
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    Tees and launched on 19 August 1940. She was sold on 17 May 1947 and scrapped at Hayle, Cornwall, in September 1947. HMS Sunflower was the most successful...
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    HMS Asphodel was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and was built by George Brown and Company in 1940. She was named after Asphodel...
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  • HMS Heather was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p...
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  • HMS Arabis was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Arabis. She was transferred to the United...
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    during World War II. She was built as the British Flower-class corvette HMS Heliotrope, and was in service with the Royal Navy during the first years...
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    HMS Petunia (K79) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and was built by Henry Robb in 1940. She was named after Petunia. Commissioned...
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    HMS Azalea was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Azalea was laid down by Cook, Welton & Gemmell of Beverley on...
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    HMS Vervain was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. In March 1942, the ship was adopted by the village...
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  • HMS Coreopsis was a Flower-class corvette, built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War which served in the Battle of the Atlantic. In 1943, she...
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    HMS Mallow was a Flower-class corvette commissioned into the Royal Navy that served as a convoy escort during World War II; with the Royal Navy in 1940–1944...
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    Rose, as a Lieutenant, joined HMS Erica building at Harland and Wolff in Belfast. The ship was commissioned in August 1940. Promotion to Acting Lieutenant...
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    HMS Begonia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II. In 1942 she was lent to the United States Navy and commissioned...
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  • code letters LGBH until 1933, and the Call sign GKYQ from 1934. See e.g. HMS Bryony in convoy PQ 18 Archived 28 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, text...
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    HMS Camellia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 14 November 1939, launched on 4 May 1940, and commissioned...
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