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HMS Pentstemon (K 61)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 61 
Built byGeorge Philip & Sons Ltd. (Dartmouth, U.K.) : Clark 
Ordered31 Aug, 1939 
Laid down28 Nov, 1939 
Launched18 Jan, 1941 
Commissioned31 Jul, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in 1946.
Became the merchant Galaxidi in 1947.
Name changed to Rosa Vlassi in 1951.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Byron, RNR (retired)
21 April 1941 - ca. early 1943
DSC awarded on 7 April 1942

T/Lt. D.C. Williams, RNVR
ca. early 1943 – December 1944

T/Lt. J.D. Davis, RNVR
December 1944 – April 1945

T/Lt. C.H. Deverill, RNVR
April 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Pentstemon is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Pentstemon include:

17 Dec, 1941
The German submarine U-131 was sunk north-east of Madeira, Portugal, in position 34º12'N, 13º35'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the British escort destroyers HMS Exmoor (Lt.Cdr. L.StG. Rich, RN) and HMS Blankney(Lt.Cdr. P.F. Powlett, DSC, RN), the British destroyer HMS Stanley (Lt.Cdr. D.B. Shaw, OBE, RN), the British corvette HMS Pentstemon (Lt.Cdr. J. Byron, RNR (retired)) and the British sloop HMS Stork (Cdr. F.J. Walker, RN), and by depth charges from a Martlet aircraft (Sqdn. 802) of the British escort carrier HMS Audacity (Cdr. D.W. Mackendrick, RN). (see map)

18 Aug, 1942
The British merchant ship Hatarana, that was torpedoed and damaged north-east of the Azores in position 41º07'N, 20º32'W by the German submarine U-214 was scuttled by gunfire from the British corvette HMS Pentstemon (Lt.Cdr. J. Byron, DSC, RNR (retired)), which also picked up 20 survivors and landed them at Londonderry.


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