Allied Warships

HMS Alisma (K 185)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 185 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered8 Apr 1940 
Laid down19 Aug 1940 
Launched17 Dec 1940 
Commissioned13 Feb 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in 1947.
Became the merchant Laconia in 1949.
Renamed Constantinos S in 1950.
Renamed Parnon in 1952.
Sunk on 16 July 1954.

Commanding Officers:
A/Lt.Cdr. Maurice George Rose, RANVR
2 January 1941 – ca. mid 1943

Lt. George Lanning, RANVR
Ca. mid 1943 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Alisma is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Alisma (K 185)

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CommanderFromTo
1A/Lt.Cdr. Maurice George Rose, RANVR2 Jan 19411 May 1943
2Lt. George Lanning, RANVR1 May 194311 Jun 1945

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Noteable events involving Alisma include:


14 Jan 1942
HMS Alisma (Lt.Cdr. M.G. Rose, RANVR) picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Empire Surf that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-43 south of Iceland in position 58º42'N, 19º16'W.

1 Oct 1943
HMS Spiraea (Lt. A.H. Pierce, OBE, RNR) and HMS Alisma (Lt. G. Lanning, RANVR) together pick up 68 survivors from the British merchant Fort Howe that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-410 east of Bougie in position 37º19'N, 06º40'E.

HMS Alisma also picks up 51 survivors from the British merchant Empire Commerce that was torpedoed and sunk in the same attack by the German submarine U-410 east of Bougie, Algeria in position 37º19'N, 06º40'E.

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