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Allied Warships

HMS Lavender (K 60)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 60 
Built byHall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered31 Aug, 1939 
Laid down30 Apr, 1940 
Launched27 Nov, 1940 
Commissioned16 May, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 9 August 1946.Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Jackson Whayman, RNR
25 March 1941 – 6 July 1942
RD awarded in February 1942

Lt. Leonard George Pilcher, RNR
6 July 1942 – 25 March 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Graham Butcher, DSC, RNVR
25 March 1944 – 5 August 1944

T/Lt. Trevor Walton Lewis, DSC, RANVR
5 August 1944 – 3 March 1945

T/Lt. H.D. Hayes, RNR
3 March 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Lavender is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Lavender include:

17 Mar, 1943
HMS Lavender (Lt. L.G. Pilcher, RNR) picks up 34 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Granville that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 52º50'N, 30º35'W by the German submarine U-338.


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