Allied Warships

HMS Meadowsweet (K 144)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 144 
Built byCharles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Richardson, Westgarth & Clark 
Ordered25 Jul 1939 
Laid down12 Aug 1941 
Launched28 Mar 1942 
Commissioned8 Jul 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 31 March 1951 and became the merchantile Gerrit W. Vinke.

 

Commands listed for HMS Meadowsweet (K 144)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Wesley Ernest Saunders, RNVR11 Aug 19426 Nov 1943
2T/Lt. Phillip Stephen Mawrey, RNR6 Nov 1943

3T/Lt. Wesley Ernest Saunders, RNVR1 Jan 194510 Aug 1945
4T/Lt. Charles Greville Jackson, RNR10 Aug 19451 Oct 1945

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