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Allied Warships

HMS Dianthus (K 95)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 95 
Built byHenry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.): Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down31 Oct, 1939 
Launched9 Jul, 1940 
Commissioned17 Mar, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in May 1947.
Sold to Odd, Norway in June 1949 and renamed Thorslep.
Towed by Hawk from Milford Haven to Sandefjord in July 1949.
Refitted as bouy-boat at Framnæs Mek.V., Sandefjord.
First season as whaler 1949/1950.
Rebuildt at Smith's Dock from 5 November 1951.
A new (diesel) engine was installed at Framnæs Mek.V. in 1953.
Last season as whaler 1966/1967.
Sold to breakers in Grimstad June 1969.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Clement Edward Bridgman, RNR (retired)
20 January 1941 – 6 November 1942
DSO awarded on 3 November 1942

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Neil Frederick Israel, RNR
6 November 1942 – 31 August 1943

Lt. B.J. Bowick, RNVR
31 August 1943 – 5 March 1945

T/Lt. J.B. Lyle, RNR
5 March 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

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


Noteable events involving Dianthus include:

10 Jun, 1942
HMS Dianthus (Lt.Cdr. C.E. Bridgman, RNR) picks up 32 survivors from the British merchant Empire Clough that is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-94 in the North Atlantic in position 51º50'N, 35º00'W.

8 Aug, 1942
the German submarine U-379 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 57º11'N, 30º57'W, by ramming and depth charges from the British corvette HMS Dianthus (Lt.Cdr. C.E. Bridgman, RNR). (see map)

10 Aug, 1942
HMS Dianthus (Lt.Cdr. C.E. Bridgman, RNR) picks up 39 survivors from the British merchant Cape Race that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 56º45'N, 22º50'W.

HMS Dianthus and HMS Nasturtium (Lt. C.D. Smith, DSC, RNR) together pick up 65 survivors from the British merchant Empire Reindeer that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 57º00'N, 22º30'W.

HMS Dianthus and HMS Nasturtium together pick up 40 survivors from the British merchant Oregon that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 57º05'N, 22º41'W.

23 Feb, 1943
HMS Dianthus (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, RNR) picks up 34 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Glittre that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 47º00'N, 36º20'W by the German submarine U-603.


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