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HMS Buttercup (K 193)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 193 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered8 Apr, 1940 
Laid down17 Dec, 1940 
Launched10 Apr, 1941 
Commissioned24 Apr, 1942 
End service20 Dec, 1944 
Loss position
 
History

The ships completion was delayed because she was fitted for minesweeping during construction. When completed she was crewed by the Section Belge of the Royal Navy (Free Belgian Navy).

HMS Buttercup was loaned to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 20 December 1944 to replace HNoMS Tunsberg Castle. For the duration of the war Buttercup served on escort duties. Buttercup sailed for Oslo, Norway on 13 May 1945. In 1946 she was purchased outright by the Norwegian government and on 10 August 1946 she was renamed Nordkyn. In 1956 or 1957 (???) Nordkyn was sold to the Thor Dahl Whaling Company to be converted into a whaler being renamed Thoris. Thoris was eventually sold for scrapping in June 1969.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. J.C. Dawson, RNR
15 January 1942 - ???
RD awarded in May 1942

T/Lt. R.J. Jonckheere, RNR
??? – 26 March 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Hunter, RNR
26 March 1944 - ???

T/Lt. W.A.M.J. Libert, RNR
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Career notesTo the Royal Norwegian Navy as Buttercup

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