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HNoMS Potentilla (K 214)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Norwegian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 214 
Built byWilliam Simons & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) 
Ordered3 Aug, 1940 
Laid down28 Feb, 1941 
Launched18 Dec, 1941 
Commissioned16 Jan, 1942 
End service13 Mar, 1944 
Loss position
 
HistoryCommissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy as Potentila on 16 January 1942.
Returned to the Royal Navy on 13 March 1944.
Sold on 13 March 1946 and scrapped at Gateshead.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Christian A. Monsen
16 January 1942- 30 May 1943

Lt.Cdr. Thomas Jacobsen
30 May 1943 - 13 March 1944 

Former nameHMS Potentilla

Noteable events involving Potentilla include:

9 Apr, 1942
HNoMS Potentilla served in the Liverpool Escort force from 9 April 1942 until 13 March 1944.

25 Aug, 1942
HNoMS Potentilla (Lt.Cdr. C.A. Monsen) picks up 16 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Trolla that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-438 south-east of Cape Farewell in position 48º55'N, 35º10'W.

13 Oct, 1942
HNoMS Potentilla (Lt.Cdr. C.A. Monsen) picks up 10 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Fagersten that was torpedoed and sunk south of Cape Farewell in position 53º05'N, 44º06'W by the German submarine U-221.

14 Oct, 1942
HNoMS Potentilla (Lt.Cdr. C.A. Monsen) picks up 77 survivors from the British whale factory ship Southern Empress that was torpedoed and sunk northeast of St. Johns in position 53º40'N, 40º40'W by the German submarine U-221.

18 Nov, 1942
HNoMS Potentilla picked up 20 survivors from HNoMS Montbretia that was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic in position 53º37'N, 38º15'W by the German submarine U-262. Some of the survivors were badly injured and two later died.


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