Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 15 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep, 1939 |
| Laid down | 14 Nov, 1939 |
| Launched | 20 Apr, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 4 Jun, 1940 |
| End service | 3 Apr, 1942 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Transferred to the USN on 3 April 1942.
Returned to the RN on 23 August 1945.
Sold on 22 July 1946.
Became the merchant ship Roskva in 1951.
Name changed to Douglas in 1956.
Name changed to Seabird in 1958.
Lost in December 1958.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Edward John Robert North, RNR
May 1940 – November 1940
Lt.Cdr. F.B. Proudfood, RN (retired)
November 1940 – 10 July 1941
Lt.Cdr. John Albert Baragwanath, RNR
10 July 1941 - ???
Lt. George Charles Wilson Meldrum, MBE, RNR
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| Career notes | To the United States Navy as USS Courage |
| Noteable events involving Heartsease include: 22 Sep, 1940
HMS Heartsease (Lt.Cdr. E.J.R. North, RNR) picks up 31 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Simla that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-100 west of Ireland in position 55º11'N, 17º58'W. 15 Oct, 1940
HMS Heartsease (Lt.Cdr. E.J.R. North, RNR) picks up 9 survivors from the British merchant Thistlegarth that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-103 45 nautical miles west-north-west of Rockall in position 58º43'N, 15º00'W. |
