| Navy | The Free French Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 195 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 8 Apr 1940 |
| Laid down | 17 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 11 Apr 1941 |
| Commissioned | 15 Jan 1942 |
| End service | May 1947 |
| History | Commissioned as Free French Commandant Drogou from 26 January 1942. |
| Former name | HMS Chrysanthemum |
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Notable events involving Commandant Drogou include:
22 Nov 1942
HMS P 614 (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown together with HMS Burdock (Lt.Cdr. E.H. Lynes, RD, RNR), FFS Commandant Drogou, FFS Commandant Detroyat, HMS Morris Dance (T/Lt. S.A. MacKechnie, RNVR) and HMS Rumba (T/Lt. E.C.F.D. Jacquier, RNVR). (1)
12 Dec 1942
HMS P 614 (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown together with HMS Hydrangea (A/Lt.Cdr. J.E. Woolfenden, RD, RNR), FFS Commandant Drogou, HMS Viviana (Skr. R. Trueman, RNR) and HMS Northern Isles (T/Lt. J.M. Baldry, RNVR). (2)
20 Dec 1943
Commandant Drogou picks up 92 survivors from the British merchant Phemius that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-515 about 30 miles south of Accra in position 05°01'N, 00°47'E.
17 May 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Pennywort (T/Lt. J.C.E. Down, RNR) and FFS Commandant Drogou. (3)
18 May 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Fal (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.T. Clothier, DSC, RNVR) and FFS Commandant Drogou. (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/17528
- ADM 173/17529
- ADM 173/20191
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.