Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 28 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep, 1939 |
| Laid down | 30 Oct, 1939 |
| Launched | 21 Mar, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 6 May, 1940 |
| End service | 12 Mar, 1942 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Acquired by the USN on 12 March 1942
Returned to the RN on 23 August 1945
Sold on 22 July 1946.
Became the merchantile Villa Cisneros in 1948.
Renamed Villa Bens in 1949.
Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Alan Douglas Bruford, RNVR
9 April 1940 > |
| Career notes | To the United States Navy as USS Ready |
| Noteable events involving Calendula include: 19 Jun, 1940
HMS Calendula (Lt.Cdr. A.D. Bruford, RNVR) picks up 23 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Tudor that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-48 north-west of Cape Finisterre in position 45º10'N, 11º50'W. 3 Jul, 1940
HMRT Marauder (Lt. W.J. Hammond, RNR) takes the damaged Dutch merchant Amstelland in tow to Falmouth, where they arrived on 5 July. The Amstelland was torpedoed and damaged on 1 July by the German submarine U-65 about 380 nautical miles southwest of Lands End in position 47º53'N, 13º23'W. During the tow the ships were escorted by the British corvette HMS Calendula (Lt.Cdr. A.D. Bruford, RNVR). |
