Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 83 |
| Built by | J. Lewis & Sons Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul, 1939 |
| Laid down | 30 Nov, 1939 |
| Launched | 20 Jun, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 30 Sep, 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold in 1947.
Became the merchantile Southern Briar in 1948.
Laid up in Melsomvik.
Sold in 1966 to breakers in Belgium.
Wrecked at Thorsminde, Jylland, Denmark after towing-wire broke.
Cyclamen
Commanding Officers:
Lt. Hamish Napier Lawson, RNR
16 September 1940 – 3 August 1943
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on ???
T/Lt. J.S. Joliffe, RNR
3 August 1943 – 15 February 1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Frogbrook, RNR
15 February 1944 – still in command in July 1945
HMS Cyclamen is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Cyclamen include: 8 Jun, 1941
HMS Cyclamen (Lt. H.N. Lawson, RNR) picks up 415 survivors from the British passenger ship Adda that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-107 82 nautical miles west-south-west of Freetown in position 08º30'N, 14º39'W. |
