Name HMS Stonecrop Laid down 4 February 1941 Construction started 4 February 1941 Length 62 m | Ordered 31 August 1939 Commissioned 30 July 1941 Launched 12 May 1941 Draft 3.51 m | |
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Builder Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) Fate Sold on 17 May 1947
Became a merchant ship | ||
HMS Stonecrop was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. She was named after the stonecrop flower (Sedum).
She was built at Smith's Dock, South Bank-on-Tees and launched on 12 May 1941.
Service history
During the Second World War Stonecrop was a convoy escort and helped to sink two U-boats. On 2 April 1943 she and the sloop Black Swan sank U-124 with depth charges off the coast of Portugal. Later that year on 30 August 1943 she and the sloop Stork sank U-634 with depth charges in the North Atlantic east of the Azores.
Following the war she was sold on 17 May 1947 and became the merchant ship Silver King.
References
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