| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 192 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 8 Apr 1940 |
| Laid down | 16 Nov 1940 |
| Launched | 15 Mar 1941 |
| Commissioned | 4 Jun 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Bryony was sunk while fitting out by a German air attack, on 15 April 1941. Raised & repaired, commissioned as above. She was built as a short forecastle corvette, after salvage she was rebuilt as an extra long forecastle corvette, her build time is the longest on record for a Flower. HMS Bryony is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1947 and renamed Polarfront II. |
Commands listed for HMS Bryony (K 192)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Parker Stewart, DSC, RNR | 1 May 1942 | 9 Dec 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Thomas Hand, RNR | 9 Dec 1942 | mid 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Bryony include:
3 Nov 1943
HMS Bryony (T/Lt. T. Hand, RNR) picks up 14 survivors from the French merchant Mont Viso that was sunk in convoy KMS-30 by German U-boat U-593 about 40 miles north-east of Tenes, Algeria. Shortly thereafter she attacked the U-boat with eight depth charges, causing damaged that later forced U-593 to break of its patrol.