Allied Warships

HMS Marguerite (K 54)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 54 
Built byHall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered31 Aug 1939 
Laid down30 Dec 1939 
Launched8 Jul 1940 
Commissioned20 Nov 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in 1947 and used as a weather observation ship until scrapped on 8 September 1961 at Gent, Belgium.

 

Commands listed for HMS Marguerite (K 54)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Arthur Norman Blundell, RNR16 Oct 1940Jul 1943
2T/Lt. Frank Fitzpatrick Johnson, RANVRJul 194315 May 1944
3T/Lt. George Kenneth Wrigley, RNVR15 May 1944Jul 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Marguerite include:


19 Mar 1941
HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) picks up 62 survivors from the Dutch merchant Mandalika that was torpedoed and sunk east of the Canary Islands in position 18º16'N, 21º26'W by the German submarine U-105.

31 May 1941
The British merchant Sire is torpedoed and sunk west-south-west of Freetown in position 08º50'N, 15º30'W by the German submarine U-107. HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) later picks up 46 survivors.

1 Jun 1941
HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) picks up 62 survivors from the British merchant Alfred Jones that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-107 140 nautical miles west-south-west of Freetown in position 08º00'N, 15º00'W.

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