Corvette of the Flower class
| 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 | |
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| History | Scrapped at Purfleet on 15 July 1947.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Arthur John Cinnamond Pomeroy, RNVR
17 July 1940 – 5 April 1942
A/Lt.Cdr. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, DSC, RNR
5 April 1942 – October 1943
OBE 9 June 1942
Lt. M.C. English, RNR
October 1943 – January 1944
Lt. David Perry, DSC, RNR
January 1944 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Gloxinia is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
| 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. |
