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HMS Pennywort (K 111)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 111 
Built byA & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) : Kincaid 
Ordered12 Dec, 1939 
Laid down11 Mar, 1941 
Launched18 Oct, 1941 
Commissioned5 Mar, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in 1947.
Scrapped at Troon in February 1949.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. George Charles Wilson Meldrum, MBE, RNR
January 1942 – 20 March 1942

T/Lt. Richard Albert Mason, RNVR
20 March 1942 – 11 February 1943
Transferred to RNR on 22 December 1942

A/Lt.Cdr. Orme Gordon Stuart, RCNVR
11 February 1943 – 20 December 1943

T/Lt. Albert William James, RNR
20 December 1943 – 19 August 1944

T/Lt. William Percival Hart, RNR
19 August 1944 – 10 December 1944

T/Lt. Jack Charles Edwin Down, RNR
10 December 1944 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Pennywort is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Pennywort include:

17 Mar, 1943
HMS Pennyworth (Lt. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR) picks up 30 men from the American merchant James Oglethorpe that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-758 in the North Atlantic in position 50º38'N, 34º46'W.
The James Oglethorpe (with 30 men still on board) tried to reach St.Johns Canada, but was never seen again.

HMS Pennywort also picks up 40 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Elin K. that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day in position 50º38'N, 34º46'W by the German submarine U-603.

18 Mar, 1943
HMS Anemone (Lt.Cdr. P.G.A. King, RNR) and HMS Pennywort (Lt. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR) together pick up 54 survivors from the British merchant Canadian Star that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-221 southeast of Cape Farewell in position 53º24'N, 28º34'W.

25 Aug, 1944
HMS Pennywort (T/Lt. W.P. Hart, RNR) and HMS Damsay together pick up 59 survivors from the British merchant Orminster that was torpedoed and sunk by the Germans submarine U-480 in the English Channel about 35 nautical miles north-west of Cap d´Antifer in position 50º09'N, 00º44'W.


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