Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 130 |
| Built by | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) and N.E. Marine |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 26 Mar, 1941 |
| Launched | 16 Jan, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 9 May, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Bought by Salvesen in 1947 and became the merchantile Southern Lotus.
Refitted as bouy-boat at Smith's Dock in 1948.
Last season as whaler 1962/1963.
Towed from Leith Harbour to Melsomvik in spring 1963 and laid up.
Sold in December 1966 for breaking up in Belgium.
Towed together with Southern Harvester by tug Temi III.
Towing wire broke on 18 December in stormy weather, both ships grounded and wrecked off Jutland.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. Harry John Hall, RNR
1 May 1942 – 3 September 1943
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 6 November 1942
DSC awarded on 12 October 1942
DSO awarded on 11 May 1943
T/Lt. C.S. Thomas, RNR
3 September 1943 – 27 June 1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Juan Boyd Bald, MBE, RNR
27 June 1944 - ???
T/Lt. T.S. Cox, RNVR
??? – still listed in the July 1945 Navy List
HMS Lotus is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | HMS Phlox |
| Noteable events involving Lotus (ii) include: 5 Jul, 1942
The British merchant River Afton is torpedoed and sunk north-east of Kola in position 75º57'N, 43º00'E by the German submarine U-703.
HMS Lotus (Lt. H.J. Hall, RNR) later picks up 38 survivors. 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) |
