List of corvettes of World War II explained

This is a list of corvettes of World War II.[1] [2] [3] [4]

The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.

For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the World War II, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.

List of corvettes of World War II
ShipClassCountry or organizationDisplacement (tons)First commissionedFate
Flower9253 February 1941Sold 1947
Flower92523 July 194130 April 1947
Flower (modified)1,01522 November 19426 September 1945
Flower92523 January 1941paid off 14 June 1945
Flower (modified)1,01510 December 19424 October 1945
Flower9254 February 1941sunk on 21 August 1944 by
Flower92511 July 1941paid off 6 July 1945
Flower92513 February 1941[5]
Flower92517 June 19419 February 1942
Flower92512 February 1941
Flower9255 August 1941paid off 16 July 1945
Flower9251 March 1941
Flower9251 October 1941
Flower92512 August 1940[6]
(I)Flower
9255 April 1940to USA 30 April 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
(II)Flower (modified)1,01516 March 1944paid off 1948
(I)Flower92512 October 1940sunk on 5 February 1942 by
(II)Flower (modified)1,0155 July 1944paid off 1948
Flower92528 March 1941
Flower
92522 November 1940Loaned to Canada 15 May 1941Returned to RN 1945
Flower92522 May 1941paid off 14 June 1945
Flower (modified)1,01516 June 19448 July 1945
Flower92511 September 1940sunk 10 March 1944 by [7]
Flower (modified)1,01519 February 1945paid off 1947
Flower9259 April 1941
Flower (modified)1,01514 October 194317 July 1945
Flower92523 December 1940Sold 1948
Flower9255 March 19416 May 1942
Flower92527 January 1941Sold 1946
Flower92518 May 1941paid off 4 July 1945
Flower92528 November 1942
Flower92512 May 1941paid off 26 June 1945
Flower92531 July 1941paid off 18 July 1945
Flower (modified)1,01525 September 194412 July 1945
Flower
9253 March 1941to USA as Impulse 10 March 1942, to UK 22 August 1945, paid off 22 July 1948
Flower (modified)1,01519 October 19445 July 1945
Flower92520 November 1941Sold to Irish naval service 1946
Bathurst1,0258 August 1942Decommissioned 1960
Flower92512 May 1941Sold 1946
Flower (modified)
1,01531 August 1943To RIN as Sind 24 March 1945
Flower
92523 January 1941to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 22 June 1945
Flower92519 July 1940sunk on 17 February 1945 by [8]
Bathurst1,02524 April 1942Decommissioned 1960
Flower92529 April 1942
Flower92522 July 1941paid off 22 June 1945
Flower92515 May 1942paid off 17 August 1945
Flower (modified)1,0156 December 19429 October 1945
Flower9254 June 1942sunk on 15 April 1941by aircraft
Flower9255 June 1941paid off 15 June 1945
Flower92527 March 1941
Flower (modified)
1,01523 September 1943to RIN as Gondwana 15 May 1945
Flower92524 April 1942served RNSB, to Norway 20 December 1944
Flower92516 December 1941paid off 19 June 1945
Flower
9256 May 1940to USA as Ready 12 March 1942, to UK 20 August 1945, paid off 1945
Flower92518 June 1940
Flower9256 September 1940
Flower9257 July 1941
Flower92530 June 1941paid off 22 July 1945
Flower
92516 October 1940to USA as Tenacity 4 March 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Flower
92522 February 1941transferred to Netherlands 24 March 1943, paid off 4 October 1944
Flower92530 April 1941
Flower92518 December 1940paid off 20 June 1945
Flower (modified)
1,015March 1944to RIN post-war, paid off 1947
Flower (modified)1,01513 December 1941sunk on 11 September 1942 by
Flower92512 May 1941paid off 16 June 1945
Flower9258 April 1941paid off 14 July 1945
Flower925
Flower92522 April 1940
Flower92527 July 1940
Flower92513 May 1941
Flower92525 November 1940paid off 17 June 1945
Flower (modified)1,01511 May 194415 June 1945
Flower92519 November 1940paid off 23 July 1945
Flower9251 November 1941
Flower9259 November 1940
Flower92523 May 194231 May 1947
Flower92516 September 19411947
Flower92515 January 1942May 1947
Flower92526 February 1941Scrapped 1947
Flower
925to Greece as Kriezis 10 November 1943, out of service 1952.
Flower925
Flower9259 August 1941
Flower92520 October 1940
Flower92530 September 1940
Flower92521 March 1941
Flower92517 May 1941paid off 20 June 1945
Flower9256 October 1941paid off 19 June 1945
Flower92515 November 1940
Flower9256 January 1941
Flower92517 March 1941
Flower (modified)
1,0157 March 1943to USA as Beacon 7 March 1943, to UK 31 May 1943
Flower92513 September 1941paid off 11 July 1945
Flower9251 April 1942paid off 17 July 1945
Flower9259 September 1941paid off 3 July 1945
Flower92521 October 1941paid off 16 June 1945
Flower92529 August 1941scrapped June 1969
Flower9259 August 1940sunk 9 February 1943
Flower
92526 November 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 17 June 1945
Flower92516 January 1941to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 12 June 1945
Flower (modified)1,01518 November 194414 July 1945
Flower92526 August 194014 October 1941
Flower (modified)1,0151 December 19439 July 1945
Flower9258 December 1941paid off 14 July 1945
Flower92519 November 1940
Flower9251 November 1941
Flower (modified)1,01526 October 194322 July 1945
Flower92515 May 1941paid off 21 June 1945
Flower (modified)1,01510 November 19435 July 1945
Flower92524 May 19409 November 1942
Flower9258 December 1941
Flower92520 September 1940
Flower92524 June 1940
Flower9256 April 1940sunk on 17 October 1941 by [9]
Flower925
Flower92522 August 1940
(I)Flower92515 July 1940sunk in collision 6 September 1940
(II)Flower92523 February 1942
Flower (modified)1,0159 May 194427 June 1945
Flower92526 November 1941paid off 12 July 1945
Flower925
Flower (modified)1,0156 April 1943paid off 3 October 1945
Flower (modified)1,01514 June 194410 July 1945
Flower
9254 June 1940to USA 3 April 1942 as Courage, to UK 23 August 1945
Flower9251 November 1940
Flower
92512 September 1940to USA as Surprise 24 March 1942., to UK 26 August 1945
Flower925
Flower
92512 November 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 27 June 1945
Flower
92521 May 1940to USA as Spry 2 May 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Flower92519 November 19409 April 1942
Flower (modified)1,01528 May 1943scrapped 1961
Flower92514 September 1940
Flower
9252 October 1940to Greece as Apostolis 24 October 1943, out of service 1952
Flower92523 February 1942
Flower9253 January 1941
Flower (modified)1,01531 March 1943paid off 3 October 1945
Flower925
Flower92516 May 1941
Flower92521 October 1940
Flower92517 March 1941paid off 27 June 1945
Flower9254 October 1941paid off 22 July 1945
Flower92529 June 1941paid off 9 July 1945
Flower92530 December 1940
Flower92528 June 1942paid off 11 July 1945
Flower92522 June 194022 June 1940
Flower92528 April 1942paid off 28 June 1945
Flower92529 July 1940
Flower (modified)1,01526 October 194410 July 1945
Flower
9254 June 1940to USA as Fury 17 March 1942, to UK on 22 August 1945.
Flower92516 May 1941
Flower92525 June 1941paid off 23 July 1945
Flower92516 May 1941sunk 19 September 1941 by
Flower (modified)1,01519 June 1943paid off 15 January 1948
Flower (modified)1,01515 November 194318 July 1945
Flower925
Flower92516 July 1941April 1947
Flower (modified)1,0155 January 194417 June 1945
Flower92525 November 1941
Flower92523 May 1942
(I)Flower9252 October 1941sunk on 6 February 1943 by Luftwaffe aircraft
(II)Flower (modified)1,01513 December 194325 June 1945
Flower9254 December 1941paid off 23 July 1945
Bathurst1,02512 May 1942Decommissioned 1960
Flower
9252 July 1940Loaned to the Royal Yugoslav Navy on 11 January 1944 and renamed Nada, returned in 1949
Flower92520 November 1940
Flower92528 February 19419 December 1942
Flower925
Flower9259 May 1941paid off 16 June 1945
Flower
92528 November 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 31 May 1945
Flower9258 July 1942
Flower (modified)1,01510 November 194411 July 1945
Flower92517 November 1941paid off 15 July 1945
Flower (modified)1,01522 December 19429 October 1945
Flower9257 May 1941
Flower (modified)1,0158 February 194418 July 1945
Flower92511 May 19419 June 1942
Flower92524 April 1942paid off 12 December 1945
Flower92531 July 1941
Flower92529 September 1941sunk 18 November 1942 by
Flower92519 June 1941paid off 8 July 1945
Flower9256 September 1941paid off 29 June 1945
Flower92530 May 1941
Flower92526 April 1941paid off 28 September 1945
Flower92512 May 1941paid off 12 July 1945
Flower92517 July 1941
Flower92526 September 1940
Flower92531 January 1942paid off 21 June 1945
Flower92525 February 1941
Flower (modified)1,01522 December 194325 June 1945
Flower (modified)1,01525 October 19435 June 1945
Flower92518 November 1941paid off 20 July 1945
Flower92529 November 194021 August 1944
Flower92525 November 1940paid off 2 July 1945
Flower (modified)1,01517 November 194319 July 1945
Flower92528 December 1941
Flower (modified)1,01530 August 194410 July 1945
Flower9255 March 1942
Flower92531 July 1941
Flower
9252 August 1940to Greece as Sachtouris 1943, scrapped 1952
Flower
9258 April 1940to USA as Restless 15 March 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Flower (modified)1,01523 July 19433 October 1945
Flower (modified)1,0151 June 194419 July 1945
Flower92513 January 1941
Flower925May 1942
Flower9255 September 1940sunk on 12 August 1941 by [10]
Flower92529 April 1941paid off 12 July 1945
Flower9259 January 1941
Flower9252 July 1942declared total loss after 27 June 1944 in attack by [11]
Flower92524 April 1941sunk on 21 September 1943 by [12]
Flower92512 May 1942
Flower92526 May 1942paid off 11 July 1945
Flower
92516 January 1942to Norway 16 January 1942, to RN 13 March 1944
Flower92526 June 1941paid off 20 July 1945
Flower92515 July 1940
Flower92527 August 1940
Flower (modified)1,01516 August 194311 October 1945
Bathurst1,02520 March 1942Decommissioned 1949
Flower92523 May 1941paid off 3 July 1945
Flower925
Flower92522 January 1942sunk on 8 August 1944 by
Flower92528 July 19411947
Flower92518 October 1940
Flower92526 April 1941paid off 24 July 1945
Flower (modified)1,01521 November 19432 July 1945
Flower9254 November 1941
Flower92531 October 1941to Norway 31 October 1941, sunk 26 October 1944 by
Flower (modified)1,01528 July 1943paid off 20 March 1946
Flower92519 September 19411947
Flower92517 June 1941paid off 19 July 1945
Flower92530 December 1941paid off 8 April 1946
Flower92520 September 1940sunk on 24 December 1941 by [13]
Flower92530 June 194130 January 1943
Flower9259 June 1941paid off 25 June 1945
Flower9256 February 1942
Flower92519 September 1941sunk 25 November 1944
Flower9258 July 1941paid off 28 August 1945
Flower9255 June 1941paid off 28 June 1945
Flower (modified)1,01521 June 1943paid off 9 October 1945
Flower (modified)1,01528 November 19448 July 1945
Flower92526 November 1940paid off 8 June 1945
Flower92530 July 1941
Flower9252 November 1941
Flower92519 August 1941paid off 22 June 1945
Flower
9256 December 1940to Canada 15 May 1941, sunk on 11 February 1942 by
Flower92527 February 1941
Flower (modified)1,01527 May 194420 July 1945
Flower92526 May 1941
Flower (modified)1,01520 September 1943paid off May 1947
Flower (modified)1,01529 September 19441 July 1945
Flower92530 July 1941
Flower (modified)1,01520 November 194412 July 1945
Flower92515 October 1941paid off 28 August 1945
Flower92511 September 1941paid off 6 July 1945
Flower925
Flower92525 January 1941
Flower9258 September 1941
Flower
925November 1943to Greece as Tombazis November 1943. scrapped 1952
Flower92521 October 1941paid off 24 July 1945
Flower (modified)1,01513 November 194415 July 1945
Flower92523 October 1941
Flower92510 February 1942paid off 15 July 1945
Flower92530 April 1941paid off 17 July 1945
Flower (modified)1,0151 December 1943sunk 22 February 1945 by
Flower92531 October 1940paid off 27 June 1945
Flower92518 November 1940
Flower92520 March 1942paid off 26 June 1945
Flower92519 December 1940
Flower
92518 February 1941To USA as Temptress 16 February 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Flower9259 June 194120 February 1945
Flower92511 August 1941
Flower92524 May 1942Paid off 6 July 1945
Flower9253 February 194110 February 1946
Flower9257 March 1941
Flower (modified)1,0156 October 19449 July 1945
Flower92517 December 1940Paid off 19 June 1945
Flower92526 November 1941Sunk by Mine near Gibraltar February 1943
Flower (modified)1,0156 June 194416 July 1945
Flower (modified)1,01530 August 1943Paid off 11 June 1946
Flower
92520 October 1940To Canada 15 May 1941, sunk 7 December 1941
Flower9257 April 1941
Flower9251 May 1942paid off 27 January 1945
Flower92530 March 1941sunk 23 August 1941 by [14]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Royal Navy operations in the Second World War . . 2016-03-29.
  2. Web site: Hulls Listed by Name . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070630220303/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/quick/INDEX.HTM . 2007-06-30.
  3. Web site: US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols . Naval Vessel Register . NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office . 21 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118095120/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/oldclass.htm . 18 January 2012 .
  4. Web site: Index . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
  5. Web site: HMS Alisma (K 185) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net. Officered & crewed by Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve personnel from May 1941 to June 1945
  6. Book: John . Lambert . Les . Brown . 2008 . Flower Class Corvettes . Barnsley, UK . Seaforth Publishing . 65 . 978-1-8483-2001-7 . amp.
  7. Web site: HMS Asphodel (K 56) (British Corvette) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net.
  8. Web site: HMS Bluebell (K 80) (British Corvette) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net.
  9. Web site: HMS Gladiolus (K 34) (British Corvette) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net.
  10. Web site: HMS Picotee (K 63) (British Corvette) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net.
  11. Web site: HMS Pink (K 137) (British Corvette) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net.
  12. Web site: HMS Polyanthus (K 47) (British Corvette) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net.
  13. Web site: HMS Salvia (K 97) (British Corvette) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net.
  14. Web site: HMS Zinnia (K 98) (British Corvette) . Guðmundur . Helgason . Uboat.net.

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