| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 75 |
| Built by | Grangemouth Dry Dock Co. (Grangemouth, Scotland): N.E. Marine |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 30 Apr 1940 |
| Launched | 28 Dec 1940 |
| Commissioned | 30 Apr 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | HMS Celandine is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List Sold to J. Lee for scrapping at Portaferry in October 1948. |
Commands listed for HMS Celandine (K 75)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt.Cdr. Aislabie Harrison, RNR | 21 Mar 1941 | 8 Mar 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. Patrick Varwell Collings, RNR | 8 Mar 1942 | 21 Nov 1943 |
| 3 | Lt. William Eldon Warwick, RNR | 21 Nov 1943 | 21 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Dennis Charles Hayes, RNVR | 21 Sep 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Celandine include:
27 Jun 1941
German U-boat U-556 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 60°24'N, 20°00'W, by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Nasturtium (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, RNR), HMS Celandine (Lt.Cdr. A. Harrison, RNR) and HMS Gladiolus (Lt.Cdr. H.M.C. Sanders, DSO, DSC, RNR). (see map)