| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 66 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 13 Mar 1940 |
| Launched | 18 Sep 1940 |
| Commissioned | 3 Mar 1941 |
| End service | 10 Mar 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to the USN 10 March 1942. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Herbert Bartlett Phillips, RNR Lt. Alan Henry Peirce, OBE, RNR |
| Career notes | To the United States Navy as USS Impulse |
Commands listed for HMS Begonia (K 66)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/Lt. Thomas Arthur Rennie Muir, RNR | Jan 1941 | ??? | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Herbert Bartlett Phillips, RNR | ??? | 20 Oct 1941 | |
| 3 | Lt. Alan Henry Pierce, OBE, RNR | 20 Oct 1941 | 10 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.