Navy | The Royal Norwegian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 197 |
Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
Ordered | 8 Apr 1940 |
Laid down | 16 Jan 1941 |
Launched | 11 Jun 1941 |
Commissioned | 29 Aug 1941 |
End service | |
History | Eglantine served with the Liverpool Escort Force until 29 November 1944. |
Former name | HMS Eglantine |
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Notable events involving Eglantine include:
4 Sep 1941
HMS Otway (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Sidmouth (Cdr. H.T. Rust, RN) and HNoMS Eglantine. (1)
5 Sep 1941
HMS Otway (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Sidmouth (Cdr. H.T. Rust, RN) and HNoMS Eglantine. (1)
6 Sep 1941
HMS Otway (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HNoMS Eglantine, HMS Ilfracombe (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.L.D. Hoare, RNR) and HMS Northern Reward (Lt. C.N. Stewart, RNR). (1)
14 Apr 1942
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with USS Mayo (Lt.Cdr. I.T. Duke, USN), HNoMS Rose, HMS Venomous (Cdr. H.W. Falcon-Steward, RN), HMS Burwell (Lt.Cdr. S.R.J. Woods, RNR), HNoMS Acanthus, USS Simpson (Lt.Cdr. E.J. Burke, USN), HNoMS Potentilla and HNoMS Eglantine. (2)
12 Feb 1944
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.N. Joyce, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HNoMS Acanthus, HNoMS Eglantine and HMS Bluebell (Lt. G.H. Walker, DSC, RNVR). (3)
15 Nov 1944
HMS H 50 (Lt. W.T.J. Fox, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Radiant (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.S.R. Shapland, RNVR) and HNoMS Eglantine. (4)
26 Nov 1944
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Holyhead with HNoMS Eglantine, HNoMS Tunsberg Castle and HMS Sweetbriar (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.G. Lewis, RNR). (5)
Sources
- ADM 173/16862
- File 2.12.03.6379 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18513
- ADM 173/18534
- ADM 173/19460
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.