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Allied Warships

HMS Spiraea (K 08)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 08 
Built byA & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) : Kincaid 
Ordered21 Sep, 1939 
Laid down31 May, 1940 
Launched31 Oct, 1940 
Commissioned27 Feb, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in August 1945.
Became the merchantile Thessalonika in 1948.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. L.C. Head, RNVR
19 December 1940 - ???

T/Lt. R.W. Tretheway, RNR
??? - ???

Lt.Cdr. Robert Stevenson Miller, DSC, RNR
14 April 1942 – 20 February 1943

Lt. Alan Henry Pierce, OBE, RNR
20 February 1943 – November 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Howard Dudley Reid, GM, RANVR
November 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Spiraea is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Spiraea include:

13 Mar, 1943
HMS Spiraea (Lt. A.H. Pierce, OBE, RNR) picks up 4 survivors from the British merchant Oporto that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-107 190 nautical miles west of Cape Finisterre in position 42º45'N, 13º31'W.

1 Oct, 1943
HMS Spiraea (Lt. A.H. Pierce, OBE, RNR) and HMS Alisma (Lt. G. Lanning, RANVR) together pick up 68 survivors from the British merchant Fort Howe that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-410 east of Bougie in position 37º19'N, 06º40'E.


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