| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 32 |
| Built by | A & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) : Kincaid |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Launched | 23 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 17 Aug 1940 |
| End service | 10 Nov 1943 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Served as RHN Kriezis from 10 November 1943. Commanding Officers: T/Lt. Benjamin Charles Hamilton, RNR |
| Career notes | To the Royal Hellenic Navy as Kriezis |
Commands listed for HMS Coreopsis (K 32)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Alan Holt Davies, RNVR | 17 Jul 1940 | ??? | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Benjamin Charles Hamilton, RNR | Early 1943 | 10 Nov 1943 | |
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Noteable events involving Coreopsis include:
In the 1953 film 'The Cruel Sea' HMS Compass Rose was played by ex-HMS Coreopsis. She was given pennant number K49 in the film which was the number of HMS Crocus (sometimes wrongly thought to have been used in the film).
The film was shot in 1952, upon completion of the shots the Coreopsis was sold for scrap.
20 Oct 1940
HMS Coreopsis (Lt.Cdr. A.H. Davies, RNVR) picks up 33 survivors from the British merchant La Estancia that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-47 in the North Atlantic, south of Iceland, in position 57º00'N, 17º00'W.
16 Nov 1942
HMS Coreopsis (Lt.Cdr. A.H. Davies, RNVR) picks up 169 survivors from the British merchant Clan Mactaggart that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-92 50 miles southwest of Cadiz in position 36º08'N, 07º23'W.
5 Mar 1943
HMS Coreopsis (T/Lt. B.C. Hamilton, RNR) picks up 12 survivors from the British merchant Fidra, 47 survivors from the British merchant Ger-y-Bryn and 44 survivors from the British merchant Trefusis that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-130 northwest of Lisbon, Portugal in position 43º50'N, 14º46'W.