Allied Warships

HMS Begonia (K 66)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 66 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered25 Jul 1939 
Laid down13 Mar 1940 
Launched18 Sep 1940 
Commissioned3 Mar 1941 
End service10 Mar 1942 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the USN 10 March 1942.
Returned to the RN on 22 August 1945. Sold on 22 July 1946 and became the merchant ship Begonlock.
Name changed to Fundiciones Molinao in 1949.
Name changed to Astiluzu in 1951.
Name changed to Rio Mero in 1956.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Thomas Arthur Rennie Muir, RNR
January 1941 – ???

Lt.Cdr. Herbert Bartlett Phillips, RNR
??? – 20 October 1941

Lt. Alan Henry Peirce, OBE, RNR
20 October 1941 >

 
Career notesTo the United States Navy as USS Impulse

Commands listed for HMS Begonia (K 66)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Thomas Arthur Rennie Muir, RNRJan 1941???

2Lt.Cdr. Herbert Bartlett Phillips, RNR???20 Oct 1941
3Lt. Alan Henry Pierce, OBE, RNR20 Oct 194110 Mar 1942

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Noteable events involving Begonia include:


4 May 1941
HMS Begonia (Lt. T.A.R. Muir, RNR) picks up survivors from the Norwegian merchant Taranger that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-95 south-west of Reykjavik, Iceland in position 61º07'N, 25º20'W.

28 Jul 1941
HMS Begonia (Lt. T.A.R. Muir, RNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Erato that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-126 about 200 nautical miles west of Cape Finisterre in position 43º10'N, 17º30'W.

25 Sep 1941
HMS Begonia (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Phillips, RNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Empire Stream that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 north-north-east of the Azores in position 46º03'N, 24º40'W.

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