Allied Warships

HMS Clover (K 134)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 134 
Built byFleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Jul 1939 
Laid down29 Jul 1940 
Launched30 Jan 1941 
Commissioned13 May 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 17 May 1947 and became the merchantile Cloverlock.
Later became the Chinese Kai Feng.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Frank Arthur Shaw, RNR
9 April 1941 – 9 March 1943

Lt. Philip Henry Grieves, RNR
9 March 1943 – 15 October 1943

Lt. Thomas Evelyn Fanshawe, RNR
15 October 1943 – 22 March 1945
DSC awarded on 1 January 1944

Lt. Ronald Parkyn Booth, RNVR
22 March 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Clover (K 134)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Frank Arthur Shaw, RNR9 Apr 19419 Mar 1943
2Lt. Philip Henry Grieves, RNR9 Mar 194315 Oct 1943
3Lt. Thomas Evelyn Fanshawe, RNR15 Oct 194322 Mar 1945
4Lt. Ronald Parkyn Booth, RNVR22 Mar 194512 Dec 1945

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Noteable events involving Clover include:


10 Mar 1944
At 01.54 hours on 10 March 1944 The German submarine U-575 attacked convoy SL-150, which was combined with convoy MKS-41 and sank HMS Asphodel (Lt. M.A. Halliday, RNZNR) with a Gnat. Only five survivors out of a crew of 97 were picked up by the British corvette HMS Clover (Lt. T.E. Fanshawe, RNR).

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