| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 44 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 31 Aug 1939 |
| Laid down | 23 Jul 1940 |
| Launched | 14 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 7 Mar 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold on 29 July 1946. Sold to Kosmos 1951 and refitted to whaler in Kiel during summer 1951. Commanding Officers: ??? Lt. George Richard Greaves, RNR ??? T/A/Lt.Cdr. Trevor Davies Bennett, RNR HMS Wallflower is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Wallflower (K 44)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Ismay James Tyson, RD, RNR | 14 Feb 1941 | 18 May 1942 | |
| 2 | Lt. George Richard Greaves, RNR | ??? | ??? | |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Trevor Davies Bennett, RNR | 21 Oct 1944 | Apr 1945? | |
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Noteable events involving Wallflower include:
19 Aug 1941
HMS Wallflower (Lt.Cdr. I.J. Tyson, RN) picks 10 survivors from the British passenger ship Aguila that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-201 west-south-west of Fastnet Rock in position 49º23'N, 17º56'W.
28 Aug 1942
HMS Wallflower picks up 62 survivors from the Dutch merchant Abbekerk that was torpedoed and sunk on 25 August 1942 in the North Atlantic in position 52º05'N, 30º50'W by the German submarine U-604.
25 Aug 1943
The German submarine U-523 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Vigo, in position 42º03'N, 18º02'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wanderer (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Whinney, RN) and the British corvette HMS Wallflower (Lt. G.R. Greaves, RNR). (see map)