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Allied Warships

HMS Camellia (K 31)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 31 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered19 Sep, 1939 
Laid down14 Nov, 1939 
Launched4 May, 1940 
Commissioned18 Jun, 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 9 August 1946.
Became the merchantile Hetty W. Vinke in 1948.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Eric Morrison Mackay, RNR
May 1940 – 31 December 1940

Lt.Cdr. Alfred Ernest Willmott, RD, RNR
31 December 1940 – 23 May 1942

T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.F.J. Moberley, RNVR
23 May 1942 – 7 December 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Lyons, RNVR
7 December 1943 – 29 July 1944

T/Lt. George Walter Charlton, DSC, RNVR
29 July 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Camellia is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Camellia include:

4 Feb, 1941
HMS Camellia (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Willmot, RNR) picks up 5 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ringhorn that was torpedoed and sunk south of Iceland in position 55º46'N, 22º36'W by the German submarine U-52.

7 Mar, 1941
The German submarine U-70 was sunk south-east of Iceland, in position 60º15'N, 14º00'W, by British corvettes HMS Camellia (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Willmot, RNR) and HMS Arbutus (Lt.Cdr. H. Lloyd-Williams, RNVR).

HMS Camellia also picks up 37 survivors from the British tanker Athelbeach that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-70 and later torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99 southeast of Iceland in position 60º30'N, 13º30'W. (see map)


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