Allied Warships

HMS Betony (K 274)

Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower (rev.) 
PennantK 274 
Built byAlexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen Scotland) 
Ordered8 Dec 1941 
Laid down26 Sep 1942 
Launched22 Apr 1943 
Commissioned31 Aug 1943 
End service24 Mar 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Loaned to the Royal Indian Navy as HMIS Sind on 24 March 1945.
Returned to the Royal Navy on 17 May 1946.
Sold to the Thai Navy in 1947 being renamed Prasae.
Prasae was beached during a snowstorm on the Korean east coast on 7 January 1951. After attempts to pull her off the beach had failed she was scuttled on the 13th.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Indian Navy as HMIS Sind

Commands listed for HMS Betony (K 274)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Nicholas Bryan John Stapleton, RD, RNR6 Jul 194320 Oct 1944
2T/Lt. Percy Ellis Croisdale Pickles, RNVR20 Oct 194424 Mar 1945

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