HMS Camellia (K31)
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_IW_FL_6003.jpg) HMS Camellia with a convoy, 23 September 1943
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Camellia |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff[1] |
| Yard number | 1064[1] |
| Laid down | 14 November 1939 |
| Launched | 4 May 1940 |
| Completed | 18 June 1940[1] |
| Commissioned | 18 June 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K31 |
| Fate | Sold 1948 |
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Hetty W Vinke |
| Owner | NV Nederlandse Mij voor de Walvischvaart |
| Acquired | 1948 |
| Fate | Scrapped 19 September 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
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 on 18 June 1940.
Operational service[edit]
In January 1941 Camelia served as a rescue transport for five crewman of the merchant ship Ringhorn which had gone down in stormy weather. On 4 February 1941 Camellia and the destroyer Harvester picked up 121 survivors from HMS Crispin, sunk by U-107. On 7 March 1941, serving as escorts for convoy OB 293 escort south-east of Iceland, Camellia and her sister ship Arbutus sank the German submarine U-70.
Fate[edit]
In 1948 she was sold for commercial service and renamed Hetty W Vinke.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780752488615.
Publications[edit]
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
