| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 80 |
| Built by | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 25 Oct 1939 |
| Launched | 24 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 19 Jul 1940 |
| Lost | 17 Feb 1945 |
| Loss position | 69.36N, 35.29E (See a map) |
| History | HMS Bluebell (Lt. Geoffrey Herbert Walker, DSC, RNVR) was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-711 on the 17th February 1945 off the Kola Inlet (Russia) in position 69º36'N, 35º29'E. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Bluebell |
Commands listed for HMS Bluebell (K 80)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Evan Sherwood, RNR | May 1940 | 7 May 1942 | |
| 2 | Lt. Roy McEwen Sinclair, RNR | 17 Jun 1942 | ??? | |
| 3 | Lt. Geoffrey Herbert Walker, DSC, RNVR | ??? | 17 Feb 1945 (+) | |
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Noteable events involving Bluebell include:
16 Oct 1940
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 14 survivors from the Canadian merchant Trevisa that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 218 nautical miles west of Rockall in position 57º28'N, 20º30'W.
17 Oct 1940
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 39 survivors from the British tanker Languedoc and 39 survivors from the British merchant Scoresby that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-48 about 160 nautical miles north-west of Rockall in position 59º14'N, 17º51'W.
19 Oct 1940
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Beatus that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-46 about 100 nautical miles west by south of Barra Head in position 57º31'N, 13º10'W.
HMS Bluebell also picks up 35 survivors from the British merchant Empire Miniver that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99 about 100 nautical miles west by south of Barra Head in position 56º40'N, 10º45'W.
16 Mar 1941
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 40 survivors from the British tanker Venetia that was torpedoed and sunk west-south-west of the Faroes in position 61º.00N, 12º36'W by the German submarine U-99.
5 Aug 1941
HMS Bluebell (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Sherwood, RNR) picks up 47 survivors from the British merchant Belgravian and 2 survivors from the British merchant Swiftpool that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-372 of Ireland in positions 53º03'N, 15º54'W and 53º03'N, 16º00'W.