| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 43 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 18 Jun 1940 |
| Launched | 3 Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 19 Nov 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold on 22 July 1946. and bcame the merchantile Freelock. Commanding Officers: T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Albert Cherry, RNR Lt. Geoffrey Marcus Berlyn, SANF(V) T/Lt. Wilfred Leuchars Hancock, SANF(V) |
Commands listed for HMS Freesia (K 43)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas George Hill, RNR | 12 Nov 1940 | 4 Dec 1940 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Ronald Albert Cherry, RNR | 4 Dec 1940 | 10 Jul 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Marcus Berlyn, SANF(V) | 10 Jul 1943 | 25 Jan 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Wilfred Leuchars Hancock, SANF(V) | 25 Jan 1945 | Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Freesia include:
12 Dec 1942
The British merchant Empire Gull is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-177 in the Mozambique Channel west of Maputo, Portuguese East Africa in position 26º15'S, 34º40'E. Later the British destroyer HMS Inconstant (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Clouston, RN) and the British corvette HMS Freesia (Lt. R.A. Cherry, RNR) together pick up 44 survivors.