| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 107 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 25 Jul, 1939 |
| Laid down | 23 Mar, 1940 |
| Launched | 4 Jul, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 26 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. Ronald Clifford Freaker, RNR Lt. Charles Donovan Smith, DSC, RNR T/Lt. M.M. Firth, RNVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR T/Lt. L.B. Payton, MBE, RNVR HMS Nasturtium is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | La Paimpolaise |
| Noteable events involving Nasturtium include: 27 Jun, 1941 3 Nov, 1941 8 Aug, 1942 10 Aug, 1942 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 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. |
