Allied Warships

HMS Loosestrife (K 105)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 105 
Built byHall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Jul 1939 
Laid down9 Dec 1940 
Launched25 Aug 1941 
Commissioned25 Nov 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 4 October 1946.
Became the merchantile Kallsevni in 1947.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Andrew Alan Campbell, RNR
6 November 1941 – 10 April 1943

Lt. Herbert Arthur Stonehouse, RNR
10 April 1943 – 3 July 1944
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on 19 October 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Renell Seward, RNVR
3 July 1944 – 13 January 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Atkinson, MBE, RNR
13 January 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

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

 

Commands listed for HMS Loosestrife (K 105)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Andrew Alan Campbell, RNR6 Nov 194110 Apr 1943
2Lt. Herbert Arthur Stonehouse, RNR10 Apr 19433 Jul 1944
3T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Renell Seward, RNVR3 Jul 194413 Jan 1945
4Lt. William Atkinson, RNR13 Jan 1945Apr 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Loosestrife include:


5 May 1943
HMS Loosestrife (Lt. H.A. Stonehouse, RNR) picks up 34 survivors from the British merchant Bristol City that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-358 in the North Atlantic, south of Cape Farewell, in position 54º00'N, 43º55'W.

6 May 1943
The German submarine U-192 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell in position 53º06'N, 45º02'W by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Loosestrife (Lt. H.A. Stonehouse, RNR). (see map)

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