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Allied Warships

FFL Roselys (K 57)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Free French Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 57 
Built byJ. Lewis & Sons Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered21 Sep, 1939 
Laid down4 Nov, 1940 
Launched28 May, 1941 
Commissioned19 Sep, 1941 
End service, 1947 
Loss position
 
HistoryOn loan from the Royal Navy since 19 September 1941.
Returned to the Royal Navy in 1947.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 23 October 1947.
Scrapped at Troon in May 1948. 
Former nameHMS Sundew

Noteable events involving Roselys include:

10 Mar, 1943
Roselys picks up 81 survivors from the British merchant British merchant Tucurinca that was torpedoes and sunk by the German submarine U-221 southeast of Cape Farewell in position 51º00'N, 30º10'W.


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