Allied Warships

HMS Anemone (K 48)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 48 
Built byBlyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Clark 
Ordered25 Jul 1939 
Laid down26 Oct 1939 
Launched22 Apr 1940 
Commissioned12 Aug 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in November 1949 to Pelagos and refitted as bouy-boat at Marinens Hovedverft, Horten, Norway.
Delivered on 3 October 1950 as Pelkan.
Refitted to whaler in 1951 at Howaldtswerke, Kiel.
Last season was 1961/1962, then laid up.
Sold in December 1963 to Østfold Skipsopphugning, Greåker, renamed and renamed Østfold.
Scrapped on 1 November 1964.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Humphry Gilbert Boys-Smith, RN
20 June 1940 – 25 February 1942
Promoted to Cdr. on 31 December 1941
DSO awarded on 16 August 1940
RD awarded on 3 March 1941
Bar to DSO awarded on 4 March 1941

Lt. Robert Atkinson, DSC, RNR
25 February 1942 – 22 July 1942

Lt.Cdr. Patrick George Alexander King, RNR
22 July 1942 – 1 July 1943

Lt. Joseph Benjamin Sparkes, RNR
1 July 1943 - March 1945

Lt. Ronald Stewart Mackay, RNR
March 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

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

 

Commands listed for HMS Anemone (K 48)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Humphry Gilbert Boys-Smith, RNR20 Jun 194025 Feb 1942
2Lt. Robert Atkinson, DSC, RNR25 Feb 194222 Jul 1942
3Lt.Cdr. Patrick George Alexander King, RD, RNR22 Jul 19421 Jul 1943
4Lt. Joseph Benjamin Sparkes, RNR1 Jul 1943Mar 1945
5Lt. Ronald Stewart Mackay, RNR1 Mar 1945Jul 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Anemone include:


7 Jan 1941
The Italian submarine Nani was sunk south off Iceland in position 60º15'N, 15º27'W by the British corvette HMS Anemone (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Boys-Smith, DSO, RNR). (see map)

17 Mar 1943
HMS Anemone (Lt.Cdr. P.G.A. King, RNR) picks up 94 men from the British merchant Nariva that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-600 in the North Atlantic southeast of Cape Farewell. HMS Anemone tried to scuttle the Nariva with gunfire but failed to do so. The wreck of the Nariva was finally sunk a few hours later by the German submarine U-91 in position 50º34'N, 35º02'W.

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 south-east of Cape Farewell in position 53º24'N, 28º34'W.

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