| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 39 |
| Built by | Ferguson Shipbuilders. Ltd. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 31 Aug 1939 |
| Laid down | 22 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 4 Sep 1940 |
| Commissioned | 3 Jan 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold in 1947. Commanding Officers: T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frederick Standen Howell, RNR T/Lt. Trevor Davies Bennett, RNR ??? T/Lt. Edwin Charles Leaver, RNR Lt.Cdr. Sydney Warren Hicks, RNZNVR HMS Hydrangea is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Hydrangea (K 39)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Joseph Eric Woolfenden, RNR | Oct 1940 | 1 May 1943 | |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frederick Standen Howell, RNR | 1 May 1943 | 14 Feb 1944 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Trevor Davies Bennett, RNR | 14 Feb 1944 | ??? | |
| 4 | T/Lt. Edwin Charles Leaver, RNR | Dec 1944 | 4 Jan 1945 | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Sydney Warren Hicks, RNZNVR | 4 Jan 1945 | Jul 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Hydrangea include:
3 Aug 1941
The German submarine U-401 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 50º27'N, 19º50'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wanderer (Cdr. A.F.St.G. Orpen, RN), the Norwegian destroyer St. Albans (Lt.Cdr. S. Storheill) and the British corvette HMS Hydrangea (Lt. J.E. Woolfendon, RNR). (see map)
5 Aug 1941
HMS Hydrangea (Lt. J.E. Woolfendon, RNR) picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Cape Rodney that foundered west of Ushant in position 52º44'N, 11º41'W after being torpedoed and damaged west of Ireland in position 53º26'N, 15º40'W by the German submarine U-75.
Hydrangea also picks up 39 survivors from the British merchant Harlingen that was torpedoed and sunk by U-75 in the same attack.