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HMS Stonecrop (K 142)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 142 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered25 Jul, 1939 
Laid down4 Feb, 1941 
Launched12 May, 1941 
Commissioned30 Jul, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 17 May 1947.
Became the merchantile Silver King in 1949.
Renamed Martha Vinke in 1950.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Jeffry Vanstone Brock, RCNVR
June 1941 - 31 August 1942 Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on 1 July 1941

Lt.Cdr. John Patrick Smythe, RNR
31 August 1942 – 3 October 1943
RD awarded in January 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Sir J.S.S. Fayrer, DSC, RNVR
3 October 1943 - ???

T/Lt. J.E. Guest, RNVR
??? - ???

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Philip Norman Frederick Appleyard, RNVR
??? – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

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


Noteable events involving Stonecrop include:

2 Apr, 1943
The German submarine U-124 was sunk west of Oporto, in position 41º02'N, 15º39'W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Stonecrop (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Smythe, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Black Swan (Lt.Cdr. R.C.V. Thomson, RN). (see map)

30 Aug, 1943
The German submarine U-634 was sunk in the North Atlantic east of the Azores, in position 40º13'N, 19º24'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Stork (Cdr. G.W.E. Castens, (retired), RN) and the British corvette HMS Stonecrop (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Smythe, RNR). (see map)


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