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HMS Armeria (K 187)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 187 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered8 Apr, 1940 
Laid down17 Sep, 1940 
Launched16 Jan, 1941 
Commissioned28 Mar, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in 1947.
Became the merchant Deppie in 1948.
Renamed Canastel in 1950.
Renamed Rio Blanco in 1952.
Renamed Lillian in 1955.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. William Nelson Mitchell Faichney, RNR
February 1941 – 18 April 1941
DSO awarded on 4 March 1941

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry Noel Russell, RNR
18 April 1941 – 8 May 1942
DSC awarded on 1 July 1941

Lt. M. Todd, RNR
8 May 1942 – 17 April 1944

Lt.Cdr. Frederick Granger, RD, RNR
17 April 1944 – 1 March 1945

Lt. R.A. Groom, RNVR
1 March 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Armeria is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Armeria include:

28 Jun, 1941
HMS Armeria (A/T/Lt.Cdr. H.N. Russell, DSC, RNR) picks up 12 survivors from the British merchant P.L.M. 22 that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-123 west-southwest of the Canary Islands in position 25º43'N, 22º47'W.

1 Dec, 1942
HMS Armeria (Lt. M. Todd, RNR) picks up 27 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Scapa Flow that was torpedoed and sunk on 14 November 1942 south-west of the Cape Verde Islands in position 12º00'N, 30º00'W by the German submarine U-134.


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