| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 22 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 21 Mar 1940 |
| Launched | 2 Jul 1940 |
| Commissioned | 22 Aug 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Purfleet on 15 July 1947. Commanding Officers: A/Lt.Cdr. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, DSC, RNR Lt. Malcolm Christopher English, RNR Lt. David Perry, DSC, RNR HMS Gloxinia is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Gloxinia (K 22)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Arthur John Cinnamond Pomeroy, RNVR | 17 Jul 1940 | 5 Apr 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, DSC, RNR | 5 Apr 1942 | Oct 1943 |
| 3 | Lt. Malcolm Christopher English, RNR | Oct 1943 | Jan 1944 |
| 4 | Lt. David Perry, DSC, RNR | Jan 1944 | Apr 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Gloxinia include:
26 Sep 1940
HMS Gloxinia (Lt.Cdr. A.J.C. Pomeroy, RNVR) picks up 15 survivors from the British tanker Stratford that was torpedoed and sunk 85 nautical miles west-south-west of Bloody Foreland in position 54º50'N, 10º40'W by the German submarine U-137.
26 Aug 1942
HMS Gloxinia (Lt. A.F. Harkness, OBE, DSC, RNR) picks up 89 men from the British merchant Empire Kumari that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-375 north-east of Port Said in position 31º58'N, 34º21'E.