HMS Arbutus

HMS Arbutus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, which was active during the Second World War. She was a successful escort vessel, and took part in the destruction of two U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. Arbutus was torpedoed by a U-boat and sunk in the North Atlantic in February 1942 while aiding a convoy that was under attack.

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1940 — 1942  Wikidata
K86
mass 925 long ton, speed 16 knot, draft 3.51 metre, length 62.5 metre, beam 10.1 metre, 
Flower-class corvette, corvette, shipwreck, Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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1940-10-12T00:00:00Z

1942-02-05T00:00:00Z

1940 — 1942 HMS Arbutus

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1942-02-05T00:00:00Z

shipwrecking

1940-06-05T00:00:00Z

1940-06-05T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1939-11-30T00:00:00Z

1939-11-30T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1940-10-12T00:00:00Z

1940-10-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

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link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata