Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 190 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 8 Apr, 1940 |
| Laid down | 16 Nov, 1940 |
| Launched | 12 Mar, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 9 Jun, 1941 |
| Lost | 20 Feb, 1945 |
| Loss position | 51.47N, 07.06W (See a map) |
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| History | On 20 February 1945 HMS Vervain (Lt.Cdr. Robert Alwyn Howell, RNVR) was torpedoed and sunk about 25 nautical miles south-east of Dungarvan, Ireland in position 51º47'N, 07º06'W, by the German submarine U-1276.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. Hugh Parker Crail, RNR
21 April 1941 - ???
Lt.Cdr. Robert Alwyn Howell, RNVR
??? - 20 February 1945+ Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 20 Feb, 1945 by U-1276 (Wendt). |
| Former name | HMS Broom |
| Noteable events involving Vervain include: 10 Jun, 1942
HMS Vervain (Lt. H.P. Crail, RNR) picks up 8 survivors from the British merchant Ramsay that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-94 in the North Atlantic in position 51º53'N, 34º59'W. 18 Nov, 1942
HMS Vervain (Lt. H.P. Crail, RNR) picks up 52 men from the American merchant Yaka that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-624 south-south-east of Cape Farewell. The abandoned Yaka was finally torpedoed and sunk later that day by the German submarine U-522 in position 54º07'N, 38º26'W. 20 Mar, 1943
HMS Vervain (Lt. H.P. Crail, RNR) picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant Fort Lamy that was torpedoed and sunk on 8 March 1943 by the German submarine U-527 in the North Atlantic, south-east of Cape Farewell, in position 58º30'N, 31º00'W. |
