Allied Warships

HMS Lavender (K 60)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 60 
Built byHall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered31 Aug 1939 
Laid down30 Apr 1940 
Launched27 Nov 1940 
Commissioned16 May 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Lavender is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List.

Sold on 9 August 1946.
. Became the merchantile Eugene Vinkle in 1948.

 

Commands listed for HMS Lavender (K 60)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Jackson Whayman, RNR25 Mar 19416 Jul 1942
2Lt. Leonard George Pilcher, RNR6 Jul 194225 Mar 1944
3T/A/Lt.Cdr. Graham Butcher, DSC, RNVR25 Mar 19445 Aug 1944
4Lt. Trevor Walton Lewis, DSC, RANVR5 Aug 19443 Mar 1945
5Lt. Hugh Dudley Hayes, RNR3 Mar 1945Apr 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Lavender include:


17 Mar 1943
HMS Lavender (Lt. L.G. Pilcher, RNR) picks up 34 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Granville that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 52º50'N, 30º35'W by the German submarine U-338.

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