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HMS Nigella (K 19)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 19 
Built byGeorge Philip & Sons Ltd. (Dartmouth, U.K.) : Clark 
Ordered31 Aug, 1939 
Laid down28 Nov, 1939 
Launched21 Sep, 1940 
Commissioned25 Feb, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in 1947 and became the merchantile Nigelock.
Sunk on 10 March 1955.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. T.W. Coyne, RNVR
14 January 1941 – 21 September 1941

Lt. Arthur Denis White, RNR
21 September 1941 – 22 September 1941

T/Lt. L.J. Simpson, DSC, RNR
22 September 1941 – July 1943

T/Lt. C.C.L. Davies, RNVR
July 1943 – 2 May 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. F.E. Eastman, SANF(V) 2 May 1944 – 23 November 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. F.F. Johnson, RANVR
23 November 1944 – August 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.B. Campbell, RNR
August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Nigella include:

25 Jan, 1944
The British merchant Fort la Maune is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-188 east-north-east of Socotra Island in position 13º04'N, 56º30'E. HMS Nigella (T/Lt. C.L.L. Davies, RNVR) later picks up 56 survivors.


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