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HMS Linaria (K282)

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Name
  
USS Clash

Name
  
HMS Linaria

Launched
  
18 November 1942

Laid down
  
as CN-309

Acquired
  
19 June 1943

Length
  
62 m

Builder
  
Midland Shipyards, Ltd., Midland, Ontario, Canada

Fate
  
Transferred to the Royal Navy, 19 June 1943

HMS Linaria was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, which saw service during the Second World War. Originally built for the US Navy as Clash (PG-91), formerly CN-309, she was launched on 18 November 1942, by Midland Shipyards, Ltd., Midland, Ontario, Canada. Upon completion Clash was transferred to the Royal Navy on 19 June 1943 and commissioned as HMS Linaria. On 27 July 1946 she was returned to the U.S. Navy. Never commissioned in the U.S. Navy, Clash was sold on 15 January 1948.

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