Name HMS Abelia Completed 3 February 1941 Identification Pennant number K184 Length 63 m Draft 3.51 m Builder Harland and Wolff | Yard number 1095 Decommissioned 1946 Launched 28 November 1940 Weight 939.8 tons Beam 11 m Operation Battle of the Atlantic | |
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Fate Sold as merchant ship 1947. Scrapped 1966. | ||
HMS Abelia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and was built by Harland and Wolff in 1941.
She was launched on 28 November 1940, and was fitted for minesweeping. She served in World War II; her commanding officer for parts of 1943 and 1944 was Lieutenant Orme G. Stuart.
On 9 January 1944 Abelia encountered a U-Boat while on convoy escort duty, and moved to attack with depth charges. Lieutenant Stuart ordered an increase in speed at 950 yards to prevent being torpedoed, not knowing that the U-boat was equipped with T5 torpedoes, for which he would have needed to increase speed at 700 yards. Abelia was hit and lost her rudder, and the U-boat escaped.
She was sold in 1947 and became the merchant vessel Kraft in 1948. She was renamed Arne Skontorp in 1954. She was eventually scrapped in December 1966.