Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 54 |
| Built by | Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 31 Aug, 1939 |
| Laid down | 30 Dec, 1939 |
| Launched | 8 Jul, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 20 Nov, 1940 |
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| History | Sold in 1947 and used as a weather observation ship until scrapped on 8 September 1961 at Gent, Belgium.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Arthur Norman Blundell, RNR
16 October 1940 – July 1943
T/Lt. F.F. Johnson, RANVR
July 1943 – 15 May 1944
T/Lt. G.K. Wringley, RNVR
15 May 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Marguerite is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Marguerite include: 19 Mar, 1941
HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) picks up 62 survivors from the Dutch merchant Mandalika that was torpedoed and sunk east of the Canary Islands in position 18º16'N, 21º26'W by the German submarine U-105. 31 May, 1941
The British merchant Sire is torpedoed and sunk west-south-west of Freetown in position 08º50'N, 15º30'W by the German submarine U-107. HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) later picks up 46 survivors. 1 Jun, 1941
HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) picks up 62 survivors from the British merchant Alfred Jones that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-107 140 nautical miles west-south-west of Freetown in position 08º00'N, 15º00'W. |
