| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 99 |
| Built by | William Simons & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 20 Sep 1939 |
| Launched | 10 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 24 May 1940 |
| Lost | 9 Nov 1942 |
| Loss position | 35.49N, 01.05W (See a map) |
| History | HMS Gardenia (T/Lt. C.J. Jackson, RNVR) was sunk off Oran, Algeria in position 35º49'N, 01º05'W in a collision with the minesweeping trawler HMS Fluellen. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Harold Hill, RNR T/Lt. C.J. Jackson, RNVR |
Commands listed for HMS Gardenia (K 99)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Trevor Allan Owen Ellis, RD, RNR | 8 Apr 1940 | 4 Dec 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Harold Hill, RNR | 4 Dec 1940 | Feb 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Christopher James Jackson, RNVR | Feb 1942 | 9 Nov 1942 |
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Noteable events involving Gardenia include:
16 Jul 1940
The British tanker Scottish Minstrel is torpedoed and damaged about 130 nautical miles north-west of Bloody Foreland in position 56º10'N, 10º20'W by the German submarine U-61.
HMS Gardenia (Lt.Cdr. T.A.O. Ellis, RNR) later picks up 32 survivors. The damaged tanker sinks the next day.
23 Sep 1941
HMS Gardenia (Lt.Cdr. H. Hill, RNR) picks up 11 survivors from the British merchant Niceto de Larrinaga that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-103 south-west of the Canary Islands in position 27º32'N, 24º26'W.