Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 75 |
| Built by | Grangemouth Dry Dock Co. (Grangemouth, Scotland): N.E. Marine |
| Ordered | 25 Jul, 1939 |
| Laid down | 30 Apr, 1940 |
| Launched | 28 Dec, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 30 Apr, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold to J. Lee for scrapping at Portaferry in October 1948.
Commanding Officers:
T/Lt.Cdr. Aislabie Harrison, RNR
21 March 1941 – 8 March 1942
Lt. Patrick Varwell, RNR
8 March 1942 – 21 November 1943
DSC awarded on 2 June 1943
A/Lt.Cdr. William Eldon Warwick, RNR
21 November 1943 – 21 September 1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. D.C. Hayes, RNVR
21 September 1944 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Celandine is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Celandine include: 27 Jun, 1941
The German submarine U-556 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 60º24'N, 20º00'W, by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Nasturtium (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, RNR), HMS Celandine (Lt.Cdr. A. Harrison, RNR) and HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, DSO, DSC, RNR). (see map) |
