HMCS Bittersweet

HMCS Bittersweet was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Ordered by the Royal Navy at the beginning of the war, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy who had an excess of personnel and not enough ships. Laid down and Launched in 1940, the corvette fought as an ocean convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. The vessel was named for the flowering vine solanum dulcamara. Since the vessel was owned by the British, it kept its flower name. Following the war, Bittersweet was returned to the Royal Navy and was broken up for scrap in 1950.

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K182
mass 925 long ton, length 62.5 metre, speed 16 knot, draft 3.51 metre, beam 10.1 metre, 
Flower-class corvette, corvette, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Marine Industries Limited, Canada, United Kingdom, 

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1941 HMCS Bittersweet

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keel laying

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ship launching

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ship decommissioning

1945-06-22T00:00:00Z

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ship decommissioning

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ship commissioning

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ship commissioning

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Frameless

HMCS Bittersweet May 1943 MC-2115

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMCS Bittersweet May 1943 MC-2115		Commons