Allied Warships

HMS Cyclamen (K 83)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 83 
Built byJ. Lewis & Sons Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Jul 1939 
Laid down30 Nov 1939 
Launched20 Jun 1940 
Commissioned30 Sep 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Cyclamen is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List.

Sold in 1947.
Became the merchantile Southern Briar in 1948.
Sold in 1949 to Salvesen, Norway.
Refitted to whaler at Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.
. Last season 1962/1963.
Laid up in Melsomvik.
Sold in 1966 to breakers in Belgium.
Wrecked at Thorsminde, Jylland, Denmark after towing-wire broke.

Cyclamen

 

Commands listed for HMS Cyclamen (K 83)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Hamish Napier Lawson, RNR16 Sep 19403 Aug 1943
2T/Lt. William Swire Joliffe, RNR3 Aug 194315 Feb 1944
3T/A/Lt.Cdr. Archibald Henry Frogbrook, RNR15 Feb 1944Jul 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Cyclamen include:


8 Jun 1941
HMS Cyclamen (Lt. H.N. Lawson, RNR) picks up 415 survivors from the British passenger ship Adda that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-107 82 nautical miles west-south-west of Freetown in position 08º30'N, 14º39'W.

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