Allied Warships

HMS Jonquil (K 68)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 68 
Built byFleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) 
Ordered31 Aug 1939 
Laid down27 Dec 1939 
Launched9 Jul 1940 
Commissioned21 Oct 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Order no j1039 taking 9 months and 24 days to complete.

Sold in may 1946.
Became the merchantile Lemnos in 1947.
Renamed Olympic Rider in 1951.
Sunk on 1 December 1955.

 

Commands listed for HMS Jonquil (K 68)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Robert Edward Heap Partington, RNR12 Sep 1940???

2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald William Tretheway, RNR???Dec 1944
3T/Lt. Valdemer Jens Andersen, RNZNVRDec 1944Jun 1945
4T/Lt. James Stuart Morton Swift, RNVRJun 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Jonquil include:


22 Jul 1942
HMS Jonquil (Lt.Cdr. R.E.H. Partington, RNR) picks up 52 survivors from the British merchant Siris that was torpedoed and sunk on 12 July 1942 south of the Azores in position 31º20'N, 24º48'W by the German submarine U-201.

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