uboat.net

Allied Warships

HNoMS Rose (K 102)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Norwegian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 102 
Built byWilliam Simons & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down3 Sep, 1940 
Launched22 Sep, 1941 
Commissioned31 Oct, 1941 
Lost26 Oct, 1944 
Loss position45.50N, 40.15W (See a map)
 
HistoryTransferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy as Rose upon completion.
HNoMS Rose (Lt. Leif Rosenvold Lund) was sunk on 26 October 1944 in the North Atlantic in position 45º50'N, 40º15'W after being rammed by the British frigate HMS Manners. 3 of the crew lost their lives.

See also this website. (offsite link)

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Thomas Jacobsen
13 October 1941 - 30 May 1943

Lt. Leif Rosenvold Lund
30 May 1943 - 13 August 1944

Lt.Com. Per Scott-Hansen
13 August 1944 - 13 October 1944

Lt. Leif Rosenvold Lund
13 October 1944 - 26 October 1944 

Former nameHMS Rose

Noteable events involving Rose include:

24 Nov, 1941
Served with the Liverpool Escort Force from 24 November 1941 until 26 October 1944.

18 Nov, 1942
HNoMS Rose (Lt.Cdr. T. Jacobsen) picks up survivors from the American merchant Parismina that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-624 in the north Atlantic south-southeast of Cape Farewell in position 54º07'N, 38º26'W.




Cruel Sea, The

Monsarrat, Nicholas

Books dealing with this subject include:

The Cruel Sea, Monsarrat, Nicholas, 1999 (transl.)


Return to the Allied Warships section