Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 72 |
| Built by | George Brown & Co. (Greenock, Scotland): Clark |
| Ordered | 29 Oct, 1940 |
| Laid down | 16 Apr, 1941 |
| Launched | 30 May, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 Nov, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | She was scrapped at Newport starting on 20 April 1947.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. James Ernest Lewis Peters, RNVR
17 August 1942 – 14 April 1944
DSC awarded on 9 November 1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Sir Joseph Herbert Spens Fayrer, DSC, RNVR
14 April 1944 – 15 January 1945
T/Lt. L.H. Harvey, RNVR
15 January 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Balsam is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | HMS Chelmer |
| Noteable events involving Balsam include: 15 Jul, 1943
The German submarine U-135 was sunk in the Atlantic, in position 28º20'N, 13º17'W, by the British sloop HMS Rochester and the British corvettes HMS Mignonette and HMS Balsam and an American Catalina aircraft (VP-92). (see map) 23 Dec, 1944
HMS Balsam (Lt.Cdr. Sir J.H.S. Fayer, DSC, RNVR) picks up 8 survivors from the British merchant Dumfries that is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-322 south of St.Catherine´s Point, Isle of Wight in position 50º23'N, 01º43'W. |
