Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 134 |
| Built by | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul, 1939 |
| Laid down | 29 Jul, 1940 |
| Launched | 30 Jan, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 13 May, 1941 |
| End service | |
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| 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 |
| 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). |