FFL Mimosa (J 6254)
| Name | FFL Mimosa (J 6254) | ||
| Type: | Corvette (Flower) | ||
| Tonnage | 925 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Charles Hill & Sons, Bristol | ||
| Owner | Free French Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 9 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Johann Mohr) | ||
| Position | 52.12N, 32.37W - Grid AK 8659 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 69 officers and men (65 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-100 | ||
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| History | Laid down as HMS Mimose (K 11) for the Royal Nay, completed in May 1941 as FFL Mimosa (J 6254) for the Free French Navy. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.10 hours on 9 Jun, 1942, FFL Mimosa (J 6254) (Cdr R.R.L. Birot) was hit by one of two torpedoes fired by U-124 near convoy ONS-100 and sank immediately after the boilers exploded. The commander, 58 French sailors and six British sailors, including the liaison officer Royce Theobald (RNVR) were lost. The four surviving French sailors were picked up by HMCS Assiniboine (I 18) (Cdr J.H. Stubbs, RCN). The majority of the French sailors that went down with this ship all came from the same small comunity of St. Pierre et Miquelon. The loss of so many of the young men had lasting effects on that comunity. | ||
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