| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower (rev.) |
| Pennant | K 285 |
| Built by | Kingston Shipbuilding Co. (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 6 Oct 1941 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 28 Sep 1942 |
| Commissioned | 18 May 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. |
| Former name | USS Caprice |
Commands listed for HMS Honesty (K 285)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Moris John Rowlands, RNVR | 7 Aug 1943 | mid/late45 |
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Notable events involving Honesty include:
11 Oct 1943
HMS Viking (Lt. R. Bannar-Martin, DSC, RN) departed Holy Loch for special A/S trials to the west of the Hebrides with HMS Hadleigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.V. Gordon, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Honesty (T/Lt. M.J. Rowlands, RNVR). (1)
4 Jan 1945
HMS Vigorous (Lt. J.C. Ogle, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Kilindini with Dumont d'Urville, HMS Sobkra (Lt. C.K. Mackenzie, RANVR) and HMS Honesty (T/Lt. M.J. Rowlands, RNVR). (2)
12 Jan 1945
HMS Vigorous (Lt. J.C. Ogle, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Kilindini with HMS Honesty (T/Lt. M.J. Rowlands, RNVR), HMS Solvra (T/Lt. M. Low, DSC, RNVR), ML 834 and aircraft. (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/18454
- ADM 173/20272
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.