Allied Warships

HMS Camellia (K 31)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 31 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered19 Sep 1939 
Laid down14 Nov 1939 
Launched4 May 1940 
Commissioned18 Jun 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 9 August 1946.
Became the merchantile Hetty W. Vinke in 1948.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Eric Morrison Mackay, RNR
May 1940 – 31 December 1940

Lt.Cdr. Alfred Ernest Willmott, RD, RNR
31 December 1940 – 23 May 1942

T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.F.J. Moberley, RNVR
23 May 1942 – 7 December 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Archie Herbert Lyons, RNVR
7 December 1943 – 29 July 1944

T/Lt. George Walter Charlton, DSC, RNVR
29 July 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Camellia is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Camellia (K 31)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Eric Morrison Mackay, RNRMay 194031 Dec 1940
2Lt.Cdr. Alfred Ernest Willmott, RNR31 Dec 194023 May 1942
3T/Lt. Reginald Frederick James Maberley, RNVR23 May 19427 Dec 1943
4T/A/Lt.Cdr. Archie Herbert Lyons, RNVR7 Dec 194329 Jul 1944
5T/Lt. George Walter Charlton, DSC, RNR29 Jul 1944Jul 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Camellia include:


4 Feb 1941
HMS Camellia (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Willmot, RNR) picks up 5 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ringhorn that was torpedoed and sunk south of Iceland in position 55º46'N, 22º36'W by the German submarine U-52.

7 Mar 1941
The German submarine U-70 was sunk south-east of Iceland, in position 60º15'N, 14º00'W, by British corvettes HMS Camellia (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Willmot, RNR) and HMS Arbutus (Lt.Cdr. H. Lloyd-Williams, RNVR).

HMS Camellia also picks up 37 survivors from the British tanker Athelbeach that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-70 and later torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99 southeast of Iceland in position 60º30'N, 13º30'W. (see map)

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