Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 105 |
| Built by | Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul, 1939 |
| Laid down | 9 Dec, 1940 |
| Launched | 25 Aug, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 25 Nov, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold on 4 October 1946.
Became the merchantile Kallsevni in 1947.
Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. A.A. Campbell, RNR
6 November 1941 – 10 April 1943
Lt. Herbert Arthur Stonehouse, RNR
10 April 1943 – 3 July 1944
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on 19 October 1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.R. Seward, RNVR
3 July 1944 – 13 January 1945
T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Atkinson, MBE, RNR
13 January 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Loosestrife is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Loosestrife include: 5 May, 1943
HMS Loosestrife (Lt. H.A. Stonehouse, RNR) picks up 34 survivors from the British merchant Bristol City that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-358 in the North Atlantic, south of Cape Farewell, in position 54º00'N, 43º55'W. 6 May, 1943
The German submarine U-192 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell in position 53º06'N, 45º02'W by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Loosestrife (Lt. H.A. Stonehouse, RNR). (see map) |
