Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 196 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 8 Apr, 1940 |
| Laid down | 16 Jan, 1941 |
| Launched | 28 May, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 9 Aug, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold in July 1948.
Scrapped at Troon in April 1949.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. Frederick Granger, RNR
21 June 1941 – 9 October 1943
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 15 October 1942
RD awarded in August 1943
T/Lt. R. Thompson, RNVR
9 October 1943 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Cowslip is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Cowslip include: 30 Sep, 1942
The British merchant Empire Avocet is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-125 about 350 nautical miles south of Freetown in position 04º05'N, 13º23'W. HMS Cowslip (Lt. F. Granger, RNR) later picks up 54 survivors. |
