| 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.(Retd.) 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)
2 Apr 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Vanquisher (A/Lt.Cdr. F.M. Osborne, DSC, RANVR), HMS Sweetbriar (A/Lt.Cdr. W. Whitfield, DSC, RNR) and HMS Wallflower (Lt. G.R. Greaves, RNR). (6)
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. (7)
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). (8)
26 Nov 1944
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Holyhead with HNoMS Eglantine, HNoMS Tunsberg Castle and HMS Sweetbriar (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.G. Lewis, RNR). (9)
27 Nov 1944
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Holyhead with HMS Sweetbriar (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.G. Lewis, RNR). (9)
Sources
- ADM 199/400
- ADM 173/17827
- ADM 173/17927
- ADM 173/18231
- ADM 173/18493
- ADM 173/19337
- ADM 173/18473
- ADM 173/19039
- ADM 173/19460
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.