Allied Warships

HMS Primrose (K 91)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 91 
Built byWilliam Simons & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) 
Ordered31 Aug 1939 
Laid down22 Sep 1939 
Launched8 May 1940 
Commissioned15 Jul 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 9 August 1946.
Sold to Globus & Polaris in June 1949.
Towed by Salvator from Londonderry on 26 June to Greåker.
Refitted as bouy-boat at Sarpsborg Mek.V.
Delivered in November 1949 and renamed Norfinn.
Refitted as whaler in the autumn of 1952.
. Last season 1961/1962.
. laid up in May 1962 at Rolighets Verft.
Sold in October 1965 to Jos Boel & Fils, Tamise and towed to Belgium.
Scrapped in June 1966.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Charles Bettesworth Sanders, RNVR
23 April 1940 – 12 February 1941.

Lt.Cdr. Albert Ayre, RNR (retired)
12 February 1941 – 24 September 1942

T/Lt. Philip Edward Kitto, RNR
24 September 1942 – 23 September 1943
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???

Lt. Reginald Frederick Pembry, RNR
23 September 1943 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr on ???

HMS Primrose is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List.

 

Commands listed for HMS Primrose (K 91)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Charles Bettesworth Sanders, RNVR23 Apr 194012 Feb 1941
2Lt.Cdr. (retired) Albert Ayre, RNR12 Feb 194124 Sep 1942
3T/Lt. Philip Edward Kitto, RNR24 Sep 194223 Sep 1943
4T/Lt. Reginald Frederick Pembry, RNR23 Sep 1943Apr 1945

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Noteable events involving Primrose include:


8 Aug 1942
HMS Primrose (Lt.Cdr. A. Ayre, RNR (retired)) picks up 7 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.

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