| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 209 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 3 Aug 1940 |
| Laid down | 4 Apr 1941 |
| Launched | 26 Jun 1941 |
| Commissioned | 8 Sep 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold on 29 July 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Sweetbriar (K 209)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. (retired) Jack Winston Cooper, RNR | 6 Aug 1941 | 14 Apr 1943 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Edwards, RNVR | 14 Apr 1943 | 6 Nov 1943 |
| 3 | A/Lt.Cdr. William Whitfield, DSC, RNR | 6 Dec 1943 | 8 Jul 1944 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Grenville Lewis, RNR | 8 Jul 1944 | 17 Mar 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. John Douglas Gordon Mitchell, RNVR | 17 Mar 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Sweetbriar include:
10 Dec 1941
HNoMS Uredd (Lt. Røren) departed her builders yard at Barrow for Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMS Sweetbriar (Lt. (retired) J.W. Cooper, RNR). (1)
13 Apr 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. G.S.C Clarabut, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Whitehall (Cdr. C.L.de H. Bell, RD, RNR), HMS Campanula (Lt.Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR), HMS Sweetbriar (A/Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.W. Cooper, RNR) and HMS Sabre (Lt. R.L. Caple, DSC, RN). (2)
21 Aug 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. R.H. Bull, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Hesperus (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Vesper (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Rodgers, RN), HMS Sweetbriar (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R. Edwards, RNVR), HMS Mourne (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Holland, RD, RNR) and HMS Campanula (Lt. T.W. Lewis, DSC, RANVR). (3)
5 Nov 1943
HMS Thrasher (Lt.Cdr. A.R. Hezlet, DSC, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Columbine T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.J. Griffiths, RNR), HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. E.E.G. Boak, RCN), HMCS Mayflower (Lt. V. Browne, RCNR), HMS Violet (Lt. C.N. Stewart, RNR) and HMS Sweetbriar (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R. Edwards, RNVR). (4)
12 Mar 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Cam (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Smythe, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Sweetbriar (A/Lt.Cdr. W. Whitfield, DSC, RNR), HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. H.F. Pullen, OBE, RCN) and HMCS Rosthern (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR). (5)
17 May 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Loosestrife (Lt. H.A. Stonehouse, DSC, RNR), HMS Sweetbriar (A/Lt.Cdr. W. Whitfield, DSC, RNR) and the 6th Escort Group. (6)
29 Sep 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Sweetbriar (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.G. Lewis, RNR) and HMS Aubretia (Lt. G.D. Fowler, RNR). (7)
Sources
- ADM 199/400
- ADM 173/17827
- ADM 173/17927
- ADM 173/18231
- ADM 173/18493
- ADM 173/18473
- ADM 173/19039
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.