Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower (rev.) |
| Pennant | K 281 |
| Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 10 Apr, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20 Sep, 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 21 June 1946.
Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Richard Wolfenden, RNR
20 September 1943 – 24 February 1945
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr on ???
T/Lt. J.B. Bramwell, RNVR
24 February 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Statice is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | USS Vim |
| Noteable events involving Statice include: 7 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-678 was sunk in the English Channel south-west of Brighton, in position 50º32'N, 00º23'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa, HMCS Kootenay and the British corvette HMS Statice. (see map) |
