| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower (rev.) |
| Pennant | K 281 |
| Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 6 Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 10 Apr 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20 Sep 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. HMS Statice is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Returned to the United States Navy on 21 June 1946. |
| Former name | USS Vim |
Commands listed for HMS Statice (K 281)
Please note that we're still working on this section.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Richard Wolfenden, RNR | 20 Sep 1943 | 24 Feb 1945 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John Byron Bramwell, RNVR | 24 Feb 1945 | Jul 1945 ? |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
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)