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
 
History

Sold in 1947 and became the merchantile Nigelock.
Sunk on 10 March 1955.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Thomas Willis Coyne, RNR
14 January 1941 – 21 September 1941

Lt. Arthur Denis White, RNR
21 September 1941 – 22 September 1941

T/Lt. Logie James Simpson, DSC, RNR
22 September 1941 – July 1943

T/Lt. Charles Lyndon Livsey Davies, RNVR
July 1943 – 2 May 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Evelyn Eastman, SANF(V)
2 May 1944 – 23 November 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Fitzpatrick Johnson, RANVR
23 November 1944 – August 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Ritchie Ballentyne Campbell, RNR
August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Nigella (K 19)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Thomas Willis Coyne, RNR14 Jan 194121 Sep 1941
2Lt. Arthur Denis White, RNR21 Sep 194122 Sep 1941
3T/Lt. Logie James Simpson, RNR22 Sep 1941Jul 1943
4T/Lt. Charles Lyndon Livsey Davies, RNVRJul 19432 May 1944
5T/Lt. Frank Evelyn Eastman, SANF(V)2 May 194423 Nov 1944
6T/Lt. Frank Fitzpatrick Johnson, RANVR23 Nov 1944Aug 1945
7T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Ritchie Ballentyne Campbell, RNRAug 194514 Nov 1945

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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 (T/Lt. C.L.L. Davies, RNVR) later picks up 56 survivors.

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