Allied Warships

HMS Gentian (K 90)

Corvette of the Flower class

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.Cdr. Roy Oswald Yeomans, RD, RNR 20 August 1940 – 10 October 1941 Promoted to Cdr. on 30 June 1941 Lt. Frederick Meares Osborne, DSC, RANVR 10 October 1941 – 28 February 1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward William Charles Dempster, RNVR 28 February 1943 – 25 July 1944 T/Lt. Frederick Robert Max Greasley, RNR 25 July 1944 – 20 February 1945 T/Lt. John Sydney Hamilton Lloyd, RNVR 20 February 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List HMS Gentian is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List

Commands listed for HMS Gentian (K 90)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Roy Oswald Yeomans, RNR	20 Aug 1940	10 Oct 1941
2	Lt. Frederick Meares Osborne, DSC, RANVR	10 Oct 1941	28 Feb 1943
3	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward William Charles Dempster, RNVR	28 Feb 1943	25 Jul 1944
4	T/Lt. Frederick Robert Max Greasley, RNR	25 Jul 1944	20 Feb 1945
5	T/Lt. John Sydney Hamilton Lloyd, RNVR	20 Feb 1945	Apr 1945 ?

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