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Allied Warships

FFL Aconit (K 58)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Free French Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 58 
Built byAilsa Shipbuilding Company Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) 
Ordered21 Sep, 1939 
Laid down25 Mar, 1940 
Launched31 Mar, 1941 
Commissioned23 Jul, 1941 
End service, 1947 
Loss position
 
HistoryOn loan from the Royal Navy since 23 July 1941.
Returned to the Royal Navy on 30 April 1947.
Sold in July 1947. 
Former nameHMS Aconite

Noteable events involving Aconit include:

11 Mar, 1943
The German submarine U-432 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 51º35'N, 28º20'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the Free French corvette Aconit. (see map)

11 Mar, 1943
The German submarine U-444 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 51º14'N, 29º18'W, by ramming and depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Harvester and the Free French corvette Aconit. (see map)


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