| 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 |
| History | Transferred to the USN 10 March 1942. |
| Career notes | To the United States Navy as USS Impulse |
Commands listed for HMS Begonia (K 66)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Thomas Arthur Rennie Muir, RNR | Jan 1941 | 20 Oct 1941 |
| 2 | Lt. Alan Henry Pierce, OBE, RNR | 20 Oct 1941 | 10 Mar 1942 |
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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 German U-boat U-95 south-west of Reykjavik, Iceland in position 61°07'N, 25°20'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 German U-boat U-126 about 200 nautical miles west of Cape Finisterre in position 43°10'N, 17°30'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 German U-boat U-124 north-north-east of the Azores in position 46°03'N, 24°40'W.