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HMS Godetia (ii) (K 226)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 226 
Built byJohn Crown & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland, U.K.) : Clark 
Ordered24 Aug, 1940 
Laid down15 Jan, 1941 
Launched24 Sep, 1941 
Commissioned23 Feb, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Name changed from HMS Dart prior to commissioning.

She was crewed by Belgian sailors for the duration of the Second World War.

Sold on 22 May 1947 and scrapped at Grays.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Charles Donovan Smith, RNR
6 January 1942 – 14 March 1942

Lt. Alan Henry Pierce, OBE, RNR
14 March 1942 - ???

T/Lt. M.A.F. Larose, RNR
??? – 5 January 1945

Lt. Richard Harwin Nossiter, RANVR
5 January 1945 – 27 April 1945

T/Lt. B.T. Coulton, RNVR
27 April 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

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

Former nameHMS Dart

Noteable events involving Godetia (ii) include:

11 Jan, 1943
HMS Godetia (Lt. A.H. Pierce, OBE, RNR) picks up 16 survivors from the British tanker British Dominion that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-522 northwest of the Canary Islands in position 30º30'N, 19º55'W.

16 Mar, 1943
On this date HMS Godetia (Lt. M.A.F. Larose, RNR) rescued the crew of the British minesweeping trawler HMS Campobello after this ship suffered from severe leaks as a result of earlier damage when she ran into ice. HMS Campobello was beyond salvage and her crew (35 men) was taken off by the corvette HMS Godetia. Godetia finally sank Campobello with shallow set depth charges.

18 Mar, 1943
HMS Godetia (Lt. M.A.F. Larose, RNR) picks up 110 survivors from the British merchants Port Auckland and merchants Zouave that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-305 in the North Atlantic in position 52º25'N, 30º15'W.


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