Allied Warships

HMS Lobelia (K 05)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 05 
Built byAlexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered31 Aug 1939 
Laid down27 Jun 1940 
Launched15 Feb 1941 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Served as the Free French corvette Lobelia (name not changed from 1941). Returned to the Royal Navy in April 1947.

Sold to Norway on 3 May 1947 for conversion to trader, but sold on to Bryde & Dahl in July 1948. Refitted as bouy-boat, renamed Thorgeir. Last season as whaler was 1966/1967. Laid up in Sandefjord from May 1967 to June 1969 when sold to Norsk Skipsopphugning, Grimstad for breaking up.

 
Career notesTo the Free French Navy as Lobelia

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