HMS Dianthus

HMS Dianthus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 9 July 1940 from the Leith Docks on the Firth of Forth and named after the genus of flowering plants including Carnation, Pink, and Sweet William. The ship escorted trade convoys between Newfoundland and the Western Approaches through the Battle of the Atlantic wolf pack attacks of the winter of 1942–43.

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1941 — 1947  Wikimedia, Wikidata
K95
length 62.5 metre, speed 16 knot, mass 925 long ton, beam 10.1 metre, draft 3.51 metre, 
Flower-class corvette, corvette, Henry Robb, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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1941-03-17T00:00:00Z

1947-05-01T00:00:00Z

1941 — 1947 HMS Dianthus

1940-07-09T00:00:00Z

1940-07-09T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1939-10-31T00:00:00Z

1939-10-31T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1941-03-17T00:00:00Z

1941-03-17T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

HMS Dianthus damage from ramming U-boat IWM A 11949

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Dianthus damage from ramming U-boat IWM A 11949		Commons