| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 43 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 18 Jun 1940 |
| Launched | 3 Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 19 Nov 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold on 22 July 1946. and bcame the merchantile Freelock. |
Commands listed for HMS Freesia (K 43)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas George Hill, RNR | 12 Nov 1940 | 4 Dec 1940 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Ronald Albert Cherry, RNR | 4 Dec 1940 | 10 Jul 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Marcus Berlyn, SANF(V) | 10 Jul 1943 | 25 Jan 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Wilfred Leuchars Hancock, SANF(V) | 25 Jan 1945 | Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Freesia include:
12 Dec 1942
The British merchant Empire Gull is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-177 in the Mozambique Channel west of Maputo, Portuguese East Africa in position 26°15'S, 34°40'E. Later the British destroyer HMS Inconstant (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Clouston, RN) and the British corvette HMS Freesia (Lt. R.A. Cherry, RNR) together pick up 44 survivors.