HMS Stonecrop (K142) explained

HMS Stonecrop was a of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. She was named after the stonecrop flower (Sedum).

She was built at Smith's Dock, South Bank-on-Tees and launched on 12 May 1941.

Service history

During the Second World War Stonecrop was a convoy escort and helped to sink two U-boats. On 2 April 1943 she and the sloop sank with depth charges off the coast of Portugal.[1] Later that year on 30 August 1943 she and the sloop sank with depth charges in the North Atlantic east of the Azores.

Following the war she was sold on 17 May 1947 and became the merchant ship Silver King.

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  1. Blair 2000, p. 207.