Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 66 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul, 1939 |
| Laid down | 13 Mar, 1940 |
| Launched | 18 Sep, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 3 Mar, 1941 |
| End service | 10 Mar, 1942 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Transferred to the USN 10 March 1942.
Returned to the RN on 22 August 1945.
Sold on 22 July 1946 and became the merchant ship Begonlock.
Name changed to Fundiciones Molinao in 1949.
Name changed to Astiluzu in 1951.
Name changed to Rio Mero in 1956.
Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Thomas Arthur Rennie Muir, RNR
January 1941 – ???
Lt.Cdr. H.B. Phillips, RNR
??? – 20 October 1941
Lt. A.H. Peirce, OBE, RNR
20 October 1941 > |
| Career notes | To the United States Navy as USS Impulse |
| Noteable events involving Begonia include: 4 May, 1941
HMS Begonia (Lt. T.A.R. Muir, RNR) picks up survivors from the Norwegian merchant Taranger that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-95 south-west of Reykjavik, Iceland in position 61º07'N, 25º20'W. 28 Jul, 1941
HMS Begonia (Lt. T.A.R. Muir, RNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Erato that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-126 about 200 nautical miles west of Cape Finisterre in position 43º10'N, 17º30'W. 25 Sep, 1941
HMS Begonia (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Phillips, RNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Empire Stream that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 north-north-east of the Azores in position 46º03'N, 24º40'W. |
