Allied Warships

HMS Sweetbriar (K 209)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 209 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered3 Aug 1940 
Laid down4 Apr 1941 
Launched26 Jun 1941 
Commissioned8 Sep 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 29 July 1946.
Sold to Rosshavet in June 1949.
Towed to Fredrikstad for refitting to bouy-boat.
Completed as Star IX in December 1949.
Last season as whaler 1964/1965.
Sold to Belgian shipbreakers in April 1966 and towed to Brugge.

 

Commands listed for HMS Sweetbriar (K 209)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. (retired) Jack Winston Cooper, RNR6 Aug 194114 Apr 1943
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Edwards, RNVR14 Apr 19436 Nov 1943
3A/Lt.Cdr. William Whitfield, DSC, RNR6 Dec 19438 Jul 1944
4T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Grenville Lewis, RNR8 Jul 194417 Mar 1945
5T/Lt. John Douglas Gordon Mitchell, RNVR17 Mar 1945Oct 1945 ?

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