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HMS Nasturtium (K 107)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 107 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down23 Mar, 1940 
Launched4 Jul, 1940 
Commissioned26 Sep, 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Laid down as La Paimpolaise for the French Navy, but completed as HMS Nasturtium for the Royal Navy after France was invaded by Germany.

Sold in 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Frederick Castle Bartley, DSC, RNR
??? – 5 June 1941
RD awarded on 2 May 1941

Lt.Cdr. Ronald Clifford Freaker, RNR
5 June 1941 – 29 March 1942
DSO awarded on 9 September 1941

Lt. Charles Donovan Smith, DSC, RNR
29 March 1942 – 15 September 1943

T/Lt. M.M. Firth, RNVR
15 September 1943 – 4 December 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR
4 December 1943 – 3 March 1945

T/Lt. L.B. Payton, MBE, RNVR
3 March 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Nasturtium is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameLa Paimpolaise

Noteable events involving Nasturtium include:

27 Jun, 1941
The German submarine U-556 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 60º24'N, 20º00'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)

3 Nov, 1941
HMS Nasturtium (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO, RNR) picks up 46 survivors from the British merchant Everoja that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-203 80 nautical miles east of Belle Island, Newfoundland in position 52º18'N, 53º05'W.

8 Aug, 1942
HMS Nasturtium (Lt. C.D. Smith, DSC, RNR) picks up 14 survivors from the British merchant Anneberg that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-379 in the North Atlantic in position 56º30'N, 32º14'W.

10 Aug, 1942
HMS Nasturtium (Lt. C.D. Smith, DSC, RNR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Cape Race that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 56º45'N, 22º50'W.

HMS Nasturtium and HMS Dianthus (Lt.Cdr. C.E. Bridgman, RNR) together pick up 65 survivors from the British merchant Empire Reindeer that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 57º00'N, 22º30'W.

HMS Dianthus and HMS Nasturtium together pick up 40 survivors from the British merchant Oregon that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-660 south of Iceland in position 57º05'N, 22º41'W.

23 Sep, 1942
HMS Nasturtium (Lt. C.D. Smith, DSC, RNR) picks up 7 survivors from the British tanker Athelsultan that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-617 in the North Atlantic southeast of Cape Farewell in position 58º42'N, 33º38'W.

Nasturtium also picks up 12 survivors from the British merchant Tennessee that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-617 in the North Atlantic southeast of Cape Farewell in position 58º40'N, 33º41'W.


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