| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 46 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 13 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 21 Mar 1940 |
| Commissioned | 29 Jul 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Laid down as La Malouine for the French Navy, but completed as HMS La Malouine for the Royal Navy after France was invaded by Germany. Scrapped at Galleswick Bay on 22 May 1947. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Ronald William Keymer, RN (retired) T/Lt. Vivian Dickinson Hamlin Bidwell, RNR Lt. William Arthur Ives, RNR T/Lt. Christopher Pawley, RNVR HMS La Malouine is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS La Malouine (K 46)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Ronald William Keymer, RN | 5 Aug 1940 | 3 Jul 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Vivian Dickinson Hamlin Bidwell, RNR | 3 Jul 1941 | 10 May 1943 |
| 3 | Lt. William Arthur Ives, RNR | 10 May 1943 | 20 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Christopher Pawley, RNVR | 20 Sep 1944 | Apr 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving La Malouine include:
22 Sep 1940
HMS La Malouine (Lt.Cdr. R.W. Keymer, RN) picks up 62 survivors from the British merchant Canonesa that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-100 about 340 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 54º55'N, 18º25'W.
HMS La Malouine also picks up 48 survivors from the British merchant Dalcairn that was also sunk by U-100 but in position 55º00'N, 19º00'W.
HMS La Malouine also picks up 32 survivors from the British tanker Frederick S. Fales that was also sunk by U-100 but in position 55º30'N, 13º40'W.
23 Sep 1940
HMS La Malouine (Lt.Cdr. R.W. Keymer, RN) picks up 4 survivors from the British merchant Empire Airman that was torpedoed and damaged the previous day by the German submarine U-100 about 340 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 54º00'N, 18º00'W. The Empire Airman sank while under tow in position 55º11'N, 15º07'W.
5 Aug 1941
HMS La Malouine (T/Lt. V.D.H. Bidwell, RNR) picks up 59 survivors from the British merchant Kumasian that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-74 west of Ireland in position 53º26'N, 15º40'W.
9 Jul 1942
HMS La Malouine (Lt. V.D.H. Bidwell, RNR) picks up 30 survivors from the American merchant John Witherspoon that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-255 about 20 nautical miles from the shore of Novaya Zemlya in position 72º05'N, 48º30'E.
2 Apr 1943
HMS La Malouine (Lt. V.D.H. Bidwell, RNR) picks up survivors from the British merchant Katha that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-124 and sunk about 320 nautical miles west of Oporto, Portugal in position 41º02'N, 15º39'W.
16 Apr 1944
HMS La Malouine (Lt. W.A. Ives, RNR) picks up 72 survivors from the American merchant Meyer London that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-407 about 17 nautical miles off Derna in position 32º51'N, 23º00'E.