| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 00 |
| Built by | Grangemouth Dry Dock Co. (Grangemouth, Scotland): N.E. Marine |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 31 Oct 1939 |
| Launched | 8 Jul 1940 |
| Commissioned | 16 Oct 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Served as Royal Netherlands Navy HrMs Friso from 26 March 1943 to 4 October 1944. HMS Carnation is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List Sold into merchantile service on 31 March 1948 and renamed Southern Laurel in 1949. Scrapped at Stavanger, Norway in 1966. |
| Career notes | To the Royal Netherlands Navy as HrMs Friso |
Commands listed for HMS Carnation (K 00)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. George William Houchen, OBE, RNR | 18 Dec 1940 | ??? | |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Richard Fowler, RNVR | 10 Feb 1945 | Apr 1945 ? | |
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