HMS Acanthus explained

HMS Acanthus was a of the Royal Navy.

Construction and design

Acanthus was one of ten Flower-class corvettes ordered on 21 September 1939, in the fourth of a series of orders. She was laid down at Ailsa Shipbuilding Company's Troon shipyard on 21 December 1939, was launched on 26 May 1941 and completed on 1 October 1941.

In 1942, the vessel was transferred to the Norwegian armed forces in exile and became the Norwegian ship HNoMS Andenes.

Sources

• Book: Friedman, Norman. Norman Friedman. British Destroyers and Frigates: The Second World War and After. 2008. Seaforth Publishing. Barnsley, UK. 978-1-84832-015-4.
• Book: Lambert . John . Brown . Les . Flower-Class Corvettes . 2008 . Vanwall Publishing . St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada . 978-1-55068-986-0.
• Book: Rohwer. Jürgen. Jürgen Rohwer. Hümmelchen. Gerhard. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. 1992. Greenhill Books. London. 1-85367-117-7.