Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 23 |
| Built by | Ferguson Shipbuilders. Ltd. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 31 Aug, 1939 |
| Laid down | 23 Dec, 1939 |
| Launched | 14 Jan, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 16 May, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 11 September 1948.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Cecil Dick Bluett Coventry, RNR (retired)
26 February 1941 – July 1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Colin Arthur Hoodless, RNR
July 1943 – 10 November 1944
T/Lt. E.C. Leaver, RNR
10 November 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Jasmine include: 19 Nov, 1942
The British tanker Scottish Chief is torpedoed and sunk about 200 miles east-southeast of Durban, South Africa in position 30º39'S, 34º41'E by the German submarine U-177. HMS Jasmine (Lt.Cdr. C.D.B. Coventry, (retired), RNR) later picks up 5 survivors and HMS Genista (Lt.Cdr. R.M. Pattinson, DSC, RNR) later pick up 7 survivors. |
