USS Surprise

USS Surprise (PG-63), the fourth American naval ship of the name, was a Temptress-class patrol gunboat during World War II. She was built as the British Flower-class corvette HMS Heliotrope, and was in service with the Royal Navy during the first years of the Battle of the Atlantic. She was loaned to and operated by the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945. After World War II, she was sold as a merchant vessel and ended her life in the Chinese navy as Lin I.

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HMS Heliotrope
length 62.5 metre, mass 925 long ton, speed 16 knot, beam 10.1 metre, draft 3.51 metre, 
Flower-class corvette, corvette, Royal Navy, United States Navy, John Crown & Sons Ltd, United Kingdom, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1942-03-24T00:00:00Z

1942-03-24T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1945-08-20T00:00:00Z

1945-08-20T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1940-06-05T00:00:00Z

1940-06-05T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1940-09-12T00:00:00Z

1940-09-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1942-03-24T00:00:00Z

1942-03-24T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1939-10-23T00:00:00Z

1939-10-23T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

演习中的洛阳号，临沂号和兴国号

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		演习中的洛阳号，临沂号和兴国号		Commons