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Allied Warships

HMS Arbutus (i) (K 86)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 86 
Built byBlyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Clark 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down30 Nov, 1939 
Launched5 Jun, 1940 
Commissioned12 Oct, 1940 
Lost5 Feb, 1942 
Loss position55.05N, 18.43W (See a map)
 
History

HMS Arbutus (T/Lt. Arhur Lionel Waldegrave Warren, DSC, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-136 in the North Atlantic about 295 nautical miles west of Erris Head, Ireland in position 55º05'N, 18º43'W.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Hugh Lloyd-Williams, RNVR
10 August 1940 – March 1941

T/Lt. Arhur Lionel Waldegrave Warren, DSC, RNR
March 1941 - 5 February 1942+ 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 5 Feb, 1942 by U-136 (Zimmermann).


Noteable events involving Arbutus (i) include:

7 Mar, 1941
The German submarine U-70 was sunk south-east of Iceland, in position 60º15'N, 14º00'W, by British corvettes HMS Camellia (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Willmott, RNR) and HMS Arbutus (Lt.Cdr. H. Lloyd-Williams, RNVR). (see map)

5 Apr, 1941
HMS Arbutus (T/Lt. A.L.W. Warren, RNR) picks up 40 survivors from the British merchant Athenic that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-76 south-southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland in position 58º32'N, 20º13'W.

12 Jun, 1941
The British merchant Chinese Prince is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-552 south of Rockall in position 56º12'N, 14º18'W. 19 survivors are later picked up by the British corvettes HMS Arbutus (T/Lt. A.L.W. Warren, RNR) and HMS Pimpernel (Lt. F.H. Thornton, RNR).


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