| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 24 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 14 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 6 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 21 May 1940 |
| End service | 2 May 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Ordered for French Navy but taken over with the fall of France. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Charles George Cuthbertson, RNR Lt. Henry Roach, RNR |
| Career notes | To the United States Navy as USS Spry |
Commands listed for HMS Hibiscus (K 24)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Reginald Phillips, RNR | 20 Apr 1940 | 10 Oct 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Charles George Cuthbertson, RNR | 10 Oct 1940 | Feb 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. Henry Roach, RNR | Feb 1941 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Hibiscus include:
30 Aug 1940
The Norwegian merchant Norne is torpedoed and sunk 58 nautical miles west-north-west of Cape Wrath in position 58º48'N, 06º49'W by the German submarine U-32. HMS Hibiscus (Lt.Cdr. R. Phillips, RNR) later picks up 11 survivors.
18 Oct 1940
The British merchant Sandsend is torpedoed and sunk 254 nautical miles west-north-west of Rockall in position 58º12'N, 21º29'W by the German submarine U-48. HMS Hibiscus (Lt.Cdr. R. Phillips, RNR) later picks up 34 survivors.
27 Sep 1941
HMS Hibiscus (Lt.Cdr. H. Roach, RNR) picks up survivors from the British fighter catapult ship HMS Springbank that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-201 in convoy HG-73 north-north-east of the Azores in position 49°09'N, 20°10'W.
28 Sep 1941
HMS Hibiscus (Lt.Cdr. H. Roach, RNR) picks up 34 survivors from the British merchant Margareta that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-201 in convoy HG-73 south-west of Cape Clear in position 50º15'N, 17º27'W.