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HMS Geranium (K 16)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 16 
Built byWilliam Simons & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down21 Sep, 1939 
Launched23 Apr, 1940 
Commissioned24 Jun, 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Danish navy on 8 September 1945 being renamed Thetis.
Thetis was scrapped in 1963 at Odense, Denmark.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. A. Foxall, RNR
2 May 1940 – 13 March 1943

T/Lt. Arthur Robert James Tilston, DSC, RNR
13 March 1943 – 28 January 1944

T/Lt. G. Wallace, RNR
28 January 1944 – 28 October 1944

T/Lt. C. Blackshaw, RNVR
28 October 1944 – still listed in the July 1945 Navy List

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


Noteable events involving Geranium include:

31 Oct, 1943
The German submarine U-306 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 46º19'N, 20º44'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Whitehall (Lt.Cdr. C.L.de H. Bell, RD, RNR) and the British corvette HMS Geranium (T/Lt. A.R.J. Tilston, DSC, RNR). (see map)


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