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Allied Warships

HMS Nigella (K 19)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 19 
Built byGeorge Philip & Sons Ltd. (Dartmouth, U.K.) : Clark 
Ordered31 Aug, 1939 
Laid down28 Nov, 1939 
Launched21 Sep, 1940 
Commissioned25 Feb, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold in 1947 and became the merchantile Nigelock.
Sunk on 10 March 1955. 

Noteable events involving Nigella include:

25 Jan, 1944
The British merchant Fort la Maune is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-188 east-north-east of Socotra Island in position 13º04'N, 56º30'E. HMS Nigella (Lt. C.L.L. Davies) later picks up 56 survivors.


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