| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 31 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 14 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 4 May 1940 |
| Commissioned | 18 Jun 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold on 9 August 1946. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Alfred Ernest Willmott, RD, RNR T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.F.J. Moberley, RNVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Archie Herbert Lyons, RNVR T/Lt. George Walter Charlton, DSC, RNVR 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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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Eric Morrison Mackay, RNR | May 1940 | 31 Dec 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Alfred Ernest Willmott, RNR | 31 Dec 1940 | 23 May 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Reginald Frederick James Maberley, RNVR | 23 May 1942 | 7 Dec 1943 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Archie Herbert Lyons, RNVR | 7 Dec 1943 | 29 Jul 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. George Walter Charlton, DSC, RNR | 29 Jul 1944 | Jul 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)