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Allied Warships

HMS Convolvulus (K 45)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 45 
Built byCharles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Richardson, Westgarth & Clark 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down17 Jan, 1940 
Launched22 Sep, 1940 
Commissioned26 Feb, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap to J. Cashmore on 21 August 1947.
Scrapped at Newport on 5 October 1947.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Richard Sinclair Connell, RNR
21 January 1941 – 7 August 1942

Lt.Cdr. Lord R.F.R. Churston, RNVR
7 August 1942 – 5 February 1945

Lt. G.L. Fraser, RNR
5 February 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Convolvulus is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List 

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