Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 212 |
| Built by | Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 3 Aug, 1940 |
| Laid down | 24 Dec, 1940 |
| Launched | 23 Sep, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 23 Feb, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold on 1 January 1948.
Scrapped at Portaferry in October 1948.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. Stuart Clarence Blair Hickman, RNR
3 January 1942 – 9 May 1943
DSC awarded on 25 August 1942
T/Lt. Thomas Cooper, RNR
9 May 1943 – April 1944
DSC awarded on 30 November 1943
Lt. G.H. Taylor, RNR
April 1944 – 26 January 1945
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alwyn Phillips Hughes, DSC, RNR
26 January 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Hyderabad is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | HMS Nettle |
| Noteable events involving Hyderabad include: 26 May, 1943
The German submarine U-436 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 43º49'N, 15º56'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Test (Lt.Cdr. F.B. Collinson, RN (retired)) and the corvette HMS Hyderabad (T/Lt. T. Cooper, RNR). |
