Allied Warships

HMS Sweetbriar (K 209)

Corvette of the Flower class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 209
Built by	Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.)
Ordered	3 Aug 1940
Laid down	4 Apr 1941
Launched	26 Jun 1941
Commissioned	8 Sep 1941
End service
Loss position

History	Sold on 29 July 1946. Sold to Rosshavet in June 1949. Towed to Fredrikstad for refitting to bouy-boat. Completed as Star IX in December 1949. Last season as whaler 1964/1965. Sold to Belgian shipbreakers in April 1966 and towed to Brugge. Commanding Officers: Lt. Jack Winston Cooper, RNR (retired) 6 August 1941 – 14 April 1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. R. Edwards, RNVR 14 April 1943 – 6 December 1943 A/Lt.Cdr. William Whitfield, DSC, RNR 6 December 1943 – 8 July 1944 T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Grenville Lewis, RNR 8 July 1944 – 17 March 1944 T/Lt. J.D.G. Mitchell, RNVR 17 March 1945 – still listed in the October 1945 Navy List

Commands listed for HMS Sweetbriar (K 209)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. (retired) Jack Winston Cooper, RNR (retired)	6 Aug 1941	14 Apr 1943
2	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Edwards, RNVR	14 Apr 1943	6 Nov 1943
3	A/Lt.Cdr. William Whitfield, DSC, RNR	6 Dec 1943	8 Jul 1944
4	T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Grenville Lewis, RNR	8 Jul 1944	17 Mar 1945
5	T/Lt. John Douglas Gordon Mitchell, RNVR	17 Mar 1945	Oct 1945 ?

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