| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 14 |
| Built by | William Simons & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 31 Aug 1939 |
| Laid down | 23 Sep 1939 |
| Launched | 22 Jun 1940 |
| Commissioned | 27 Aug 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold on 22 July 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Primula (K 14)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Kenneth McMillan Drake, RNR | 21 May 1940 | Dec 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) John Henry Fuller, RNR | Dec 1940 | late 1941 |
| 3 | T/Lt. John Paterson, RNR | late 1941 | 10 Oct 1942 (+) |
| 4 | T/Lt. Allan Cooper Wanless, RNVR | 10 Oct 1942 | 15 Oct 1942 |
| 5 | Lt. John Ivor Jones, DSC, RNR | 15 Oct 1942 | 9 Sep 1943 |
| 6 | Lt. Gordon Herbert Taylor, RNR | 9 Sep 1943 | 15 Jan 1944 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Edwin Noel Wilding, RNVR | 15 Jan 1944 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Primula include:
18 Sep 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Primula (Lt.Cdr. K.M. Drake, RNR) and HMS Heliotrope (Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/16332
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.