Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 210 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 3 Aug, 1940 |
| Laid down | 30 Apr, 1941 |
| Launched | 25 Jul, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 23 Oct, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold in 1947.
Became weather ship Weather Explorer.
In 1958 she became the merchant ship Epos.
Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Alan Rochfort Mackay, RNZNVR
7 November 1941 – 20 February 1942
Lt. Henry Roach, RNR
20 February 1942 – August 1944
T/Lt. Geoffrey Hubert Thornton, RNVR
August 1944 – 14 December 1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Evelyn Eastman, SANF(V)
14 December 1944 – 19 August 1945
T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Maran, RNR
19 August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Thyme include: Jun, 1943
In mid-1943 she was escorting merchant traffic in the Freetown area 17 Aug, 1943
The British merchant Empire Stanley is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-197 south-south-east of Cap Sainte Marie, Madagascar in position 27º08'S, 48º15'E. The British corvette HMS Thyme (Lt. H. Roach, RNR) later picks up 9 survivors and landed them at Durban on 29 August. |
