| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 90 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep, 1939 |
| Laid down | 20 Apr, 1940 |
| Launched | 6 Aug, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 20 Sep, 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Purfleet on 21 August 1947. Commanding Officers: Lt. Frederick Meares Osborne, DSC, RANVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward William Charles Dempster, RNVR T/Lt. F.R.M. Greasley, RNR T/Lt. J.S.H. Lloyd, RNR HMS Gentian is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
