Allied Warships

HMS Betony (K 274)

Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower (rev.)
Pennant	K 274
Built by	Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen Scotland)
Ordered	8 Dec 1941
Laid down	26 Sep 1942
Launched	22 Apr 1943
Commissioned	31 Aug 1943
End service	24 Mar 1945
History	Loaned to the Royal Indian Navy as HMIS Sind on 24 March 1945. Returned to the Royal Navy on 17 May 1946. Sold to the Thai Navy in 1947 being renamed Prasae. Prasae was beached during a snowstorm on the Korean east coast on 7 January 1951. After attempts to pull her off the beach had failed she was scuttled on the 13th.
Career notes	To the Royal Indian Navy as HMIS Sind

Commands listed for HMS Betony (K 274)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Nicholas Bryan John Stapleton, RD, RNR	6 Jul 1943	20 Oct 1944
2	T/Lt. Percy Ellis Croisdale Pickles, RNVR	20 Oct 1944	24 Mar 1945

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