| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower (rev.) |
| Pennant | K 280 |
| Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 6 Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 24 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 21 Jun 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. |
| Former name | USS Tact |
Commands listed for HMS Smilax (K 280)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Alan Branson, RNR | 21 Jun 1943 | 5 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Smilax include:
12 May 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Smilax (Lt. A. Branson, RNR), HMS Wallflower (Lt. G.R. Greaves, RNR) and HMS Pink (Lt. W.K. Tadman, RNR) and HMCS Louisburg (T/Lt. J.B. Elmsley, RCNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18528
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.