HMS Pennywort
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Pennywort |
| Ordered | 12 December 1939 |
| Builder | A & J Inglis Ltd.., Glasgow, Scotland |
| Laid down | 11 March 1941 |
| Launched | 18 October 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5 March 1942 |
| Out of service | 1947 - sold |
| Identification | Pennant number: K111 |
| Fate | Sold 1947; scrapped 1949 |
| 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) |
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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 |
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HMS Pennywort 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.
Service history
On 17 March 1943, she picked up 70 survivors from James Oglethorp, an American merchant torpedoed by the German submarine U-758 and Elin K., a Norwegian merchant torpedoed and sunk by U-603. On 18 March 1943, she, along with HMS Anemone picked up 54 survivors from Canadian Star, a British merchant torpedoed and sunk by U-221. On 12 August 1944, she, along with HMT Damsay, picked up 59 survivors from Orminster, a British merchant sunk by U-480.[1]
References
- ^ "HMS Pennywort (K 111)". uboat.net. 10 July 2017.
Sources
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates - The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
- 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.
