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Career
Ordered:	31 August 1939
Laid Down:	26 January 1940 Russell Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Launched:	4 September 1940
Commissioned:	28 February 1941
Fate:	Sunk 9 December 1942 on position 36°50′00″N 03°00′00″E / 36.83333°N 3.00000°E / 36.83333; 3.00000
General characteristics
Displacement:	940 tons
Length:	205 ft (62.48 m)
Beam:	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught:	11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Propulsion:	2 × S.E cylindrical boilers, 1 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines @ 2750 hp, 1 shaft
Speed:	16 knots at 2,750 hp
Range:	5000 nautical miles at 10 knots (9,260 km at 18.5 km/h) 3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6,500 km at 22 km/h) 2,360 nautical miles at 16 knots (4,370 km at 29.6 km/h)
Complement:	85 men
Armament:	1 x 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk IX gun, One QF 2 pounder naval gun (40 mm) "pom-pom" 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns 2 x .303 inch (7.7-mm) twin Lewis machine guns 1 x Hedgehog A/S Mortar 4 x Mk.II Depth Charge Thrower (K-gun) 2 x stern depth charge racks with 40 depth charges

HMS Marigold (K87) was a Flower class corvette of the The Royal Navy

U-433

U-433 was sunk at 2155hrs on 16 Nov' 1941 in the Mediterranean south of Malaga, Spain, in position 36.13N, 04.42W, after being damaged by depth charges and gunfire 25nm east of Gibraltar by the HMS Marigold with 6 dead and 38 survivors.

I had completed my watch on the Asdic set, and gone down to our sleeping quarters to turn in, when I heard the rumble of exploding depth-charges and the bark of gunfire somewhere near at hand, on our starboard beam. All the rest of the watch were fast asleep, so I just settled down on my bunk and waited for the “action stations” alarm bells to ring out, but they remained silent. We had already spent too many hours watch-keeping on the long voyage out not to take advantage of a little shut-eye when the opportunity came along. Feeling very tired and sleepy, I rolled into my bunk, and was soon fast asleep. On being awakened to take over Asdic watch again, I was informed that during the night, HMS Marigold had made contact with a U-boat and had engaged her with all she had. The striking power of the Marigold’s guns and depth charges had made short work of the enemy submarine. She proved to be the U-433, en route to join up with the Italian submarine fleet, the idea being to boost their dwindling morale. On picking up no less than 40 survivors, the Marigold left the search group and returned to Gibraltar with her prisoners.

Bill Harcus - corvette HMS Samphire

Sinking

In the late evening of Dec 9, 1942 HMS Marigold was escorting convoy KMS.3Y, off Algiers, Algeria, which was attacked in the late evening by 3 S.79 VTBs of the 105º Gruppo AS (105th Torpedo group) led by Capt. Urbano Mancini. HMS Marigold was hit by a torpedo about 2200 hrs and sank in a short time at position 36º50'N, 03º00'E with 40 crew killed. Lt. James Alexander Smith Halcrow, RNR (age 35) had been her commanding officer since April 25, 1942 and was among the 40 crew killed.

References

External links

HMS Marigold wreck location in Google Earth [5]
HMS Marigold at www.convoyweb.org.uk [6]
Official loss report [7]

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+{| {{ship table header 01}}
-'''HMS Marigold (K87)''' was a [[Flower class corvette]] of the The [[Royal Navy]], built by Russell Hall & Co. Ltd. ([[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]]) HMS Marigold was ordered on [[August 31]], 1939, laid down [[January 26]], 1940, launched [[September 4]], 1940, commissioned [[February 28]], 1941 and lost on [[December 9]], 1942.
+!align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career
+!align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy  no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px|RN Ensign]]
+|-
+|Ordered:
+|[[31 August]] [[1939]]
+|-
+|Laid Down:
+|[[26 January]] [[1940]] Russell Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland)
+|-
+|Launched:
+|[[4 September]] [[1940]]
+|-
+|Commissioned:
+|[[28 February]] [[1941]]
+|-
+|Fate:
+|Sunk [[9 December]] [[1942]] on position {{coor dms|36|50|00|N|03|00|00|E|type:waterbody}}
+|-
+!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy  no-repeat scroll top left;"|General characteristics
+|-
+|Displacement:
+|940 tons
+|-
+|Length:
+|205 ft (62.48 m)
+|-
+|Beam:
+|33 ft (10.06 m)
+|-
+|Draught:
+|11.5 ft (3.5 m)
+|-
+|Propulsion:
+|2 × S.E cylindrical boilers, 1 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines @ 2750 hp, 1 shaft
+|-
+|Speed:
+|16 knots at 2,750 hp
+|-
+|Range:
+|5000 nautical miles at 10 knots (9,260 km at 18.5 km/h)<br>
+,500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6,500 km at 22 km/h)<br>
+,360 nautical miles at 16 knots (4,370 km at 29.6 km/h)
+|-
+|Complement:
+|85 men
+|-
+|Armament:
+|
+*1 x 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk IX gun,
+*One [[QF 2 pounder naval gun]] (40 mm) "pom-pom"
+*2 x [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm Oerlikon]] [[anti-aircraft]] guns
+*2 x .303 inch (7.7-mm) twin [[Lewis gun|Lewis machine guns]]
+*1 x [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] A/S Mortar
+*4 x Mk.II [[Depth Charge]] Thrower (K-gun)
+*2 x stern [[depth charge]] racks with 40 depth charges
+|}
+'''HMS Marigold (K87)''' was a [[Flower class corvette]] of the The [[Royal Navy]]
 ==U-433==
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 ''I had completed my watch on the Asdic set, and gone down to our sleeping quarters to turn in, when I heard the rumble of exploding depth-charges and the bark of gunfire somewhere near at hand, on our starboard beam. All the rest of the watch were fast asleep, so I just settled down on my bunk and waited for the “action stations” alarm bells to ring out, but they remained silent. We had already spent too many hours watch-keeping on the long voyage out not to take advantage of a little shut-eye when the opportunity came along. Feeling very tired and sleepy, I rolled into my bunk, and was soon fast asleep. On being awakened to take over Asdic watch again, I was informed that during the night, HMS Marigold had made contact with a U-boat and had engaged her with all she had. The striking power of the Marigold’s guns and depth charges had made short work of the enemy submarine. She proved to be the U-433, en route to join up with the Italian submarine fleet, the idea being to boost their dwindling morale. On picking up no less than 40 survivors, the Marigold left the search group and returned to Gibraltar with her prisoners.''
-'''Bill Harcus - corvette HMS Samphire'''
+Bill Harcus - corvette HMS Samphire
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 * http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNR_officersH.html[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNR_officersH.html]
 * http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/billharcus.htm[http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/billharcus.htm]
+* http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&period=2&id=63588
 ==External links==
 * HMS Marigold wreck location in Google Earth [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=EarthMilitary&Number=1098608&Searchpage=1&Main=1098608&Words=&topic=&Search=true]
+* HMS Marigold at www.convoyweb.org.uk [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/index.html?search3.php?query=Marigold&Submit=Find+Vessel~haguemain]
+* Official loss report [http://theflowerclasscorvetteforums.yuku.com/topic/432/t/Loss-of-HMS-Marigold-Official-Report.html]
+{{Flower class corvette}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Marigold, HMS}}
+[[Category:Flower class corvettes]]