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HMS Starwort (K 20)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 20 
Built byA & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) : Kincaid 
Ordered21 Sep, 1939 
Laid down11 Jun, 1940 
Launched12 Feb, 1941 
Commissioned26 May, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold in 1948 to Salvesen, Norway. Refitted in 1949 as whaler at James Jamont & Co. Ltd. Renamed Southern Broom. Suffered engine damage in April 1960, towed from Cape Town by Southern Main for repairs to Smith's Dock. Laid up in Melsomvik from May 1963 to January 1967. Sold to breakers in Belgium. Arrived Brügge under tow on 9 January 1967.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Norman Winder Duck, RN
22 March 1941 – 6 August 1942

Lt. Arthur Horace Kent, RNR
6 August 1942 – 10 August 1944
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on 11 May 1943
RD Awarded in May 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. M.F. Villiers-Stuart, RNVR
10 August 1944 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

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


Noteable events involving Starwort include:

12 Nov, 1942
The German submarine U-660 was scuttled in the Mediterranean near Oran, in position 36º07'N, 01º00'W, after damages by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Lotus (Lt.Cdr. H.J. Hall, DSC, RNR) and HMS Starwort (Lt. A.H. Kent, RNR). (see map)


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