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FFL Alysse (K 100)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Free French Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 100 
Built byGeorge Brown & Co. (Greenock, Scotland): Kincaid 
Ordered12 Dec, 1939 
Laid down24 Jun, 1940 
Launched3 Mar, 1941 
Commissioned17 Jun, 1941 
Lost9 Feb, 1942 
Loss position46.00N, 44.00W (See a map)
 
HistoryOn loan from Royal Navy since 17 June 1941.
On 9 February 1942 she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic, about 420 nautical miles east of Cape Race, Canada in approximate position 46º00'N, 44º00'W by the German submarine U-654 while escorting convoy ON-60.
36 Of her crew went down with the ship. 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 9 Feb, 1942 by U-654 (Forster).

Former nameHMS Alyssum

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