| Navy | The Free French Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 05 |
| Built by | Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 31 Aug 1939 |
| Laid down | 27 Jun 1940 |
| Launched | 15 Feb 1941 |
| Commissioned | 16 Jul 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Served as the Free French corvette Lobelia (name not changed from 1941). Returned to the Royal Navy in April 1947. Sold to Norway on 3 May 1947 for conversion to trader, but sold on to Bryde & Dahl in July 1948. Refitted as bouy-boat, renamed Thorgeir. Last season as whaler was 1966/1967. Laid up in Sandefjord from May 1967 to June 1969 when sold to Norsk Skipsopphugning, Grimstad for breaking up. |
| Former name | HMS Lobelia |
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Noteable events involving Lobelia include:
7 Feb 1943
The German submarine U-609 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 55º17'N, 26º38'W, by depth charges from the Free French corvette Lobelia.
Lobelia also picks up 11 survivors from the British merchant Harmala that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-614 in the North Atlantic in position 55º14'N, 26º37'W.
Lobelia also picks up 39 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Daghild that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-402 in the North Atlantic in position 55º25'N, 26º12'W. (see map)