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HMS Azalea (K 25)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 25 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down15 Nov, 1939 
Launched8 Jul, 1940 
Commissioned27 Jan, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 5 April 1946 and became the merchantile Norte.
Sunk on 19 January 1955.

Commanding Officer:
Lt. George Carlow Geddes, RNR
6 November 1940 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1944
RD awarded in August 1943

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


Noteable events involving Azalea include:

12 Apr, 1943
HMS Azalea (Lt. G.C. Geddes, RNR) picks up 45 survivors from the British merchant Fresno City that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-706 in the North Atlantic in position 54º15'N, 30º00'W.

HMS Azalea also picks up 56 survivors from the British merchant Pacific Grove that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-563 in the North Atlantic in position 54º10'N, 30º00'W.

HMS Azalea also picks up 41 survivors from the Dutch merchant Ulysses that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-563 in the North Atlantic in position 54º30'N, 30º30'W.


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