| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 09 |
| Built by | Grangemouth Dry Dock Co. (Grangemouth, Scotland): N.E. Marine |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 31 Oct 1939 |
| Launched | 8 Jul 1940 |
| Commissioned | 16 Oct 1940 |
| End service | 4 Mar 1942 |
| History | Acquired by the USN on 4 March 1942 at New York. |
| Career notes | To the United States Navy as USS Tenacity |
Commands listed for HMS Candytuft (i) (K 09)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Frank Bentley Collinson, RD, RNR | 28 Aug 1940 | late 1941 |
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Notable events involving Candytuft (i) include:
5 Nov 1940
HMS H 34 (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Candytuft (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) F.B. Collinson, RD, RNR). (1)
29 Dec 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. M. Willmott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Holyhead with HMS Scarborough (Cdr. N.V. Dickinson, RN) and HMS Candytuft (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) F.B. Collinson, RD, RNR). (2)
8 Jul 1941
HMS Candytuft (Lt.Cdr. F.B. Collinson, RNR, (retired)) picks up 7 survivors from the Icelandic merchant Hekla that was torpedoed and sunk on 29 June south of Cape Farewell in position 58°20'N, 43°00'W by German U-boat U-564.
9 Sep 1941
While in the North Atlantic, escorting convoy HX 148, HMS Candytuft (Lt.Cdr. F.B. Collinson, RNR (retired)) suffered a boiler explosion. 11 of the crew were killed in the incident. Candytuft was taken in tow. Repairs were completed at New York in February 1942. (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/16308
- ADM 173/16335
- Personal communication
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.