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HMS Ranonculus (K 117)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 117 
Built byWilliam Simons & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down19 Jul, 1940 
Launched25 Jun, 1941 
Commissioned 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the free French Navy upon completion on 28 July 1941.
Returned to the Royal Navy in 1947 and sold to Salvesen in 1947 and refitted as bouy-boat Southern Lily at Smiths Dock, delivered in January 1948.
Last season was 1962/1963.
Laid up in Melsomvik until January 1967.
Towed to Brugge, Belgium for scrapping, arrived 9 January 1967. 
Career notesTo the Free French Navy as Renoncule

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