Name HMS Tulip Laid down 30 May 1940 Out of service Sold in May 1947 Launched 4 September 1940 Weight 955.1 tons Draft 3.51 m | Ordered 31 August 1939 Commissioned 18 November 1940 Construction started 30 May 1940 Length 62 m Displacement 852,800 kg | |
Renamed Olympic Conqueror in 1950Otori Maru No.8 in 1956Thorlyn in 1957 Builders Smiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough | ||
HMS Tulip was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.
She launched at Smiths Dock Company on 4 September 1940 and was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 18 November 1940.
Civilian service
She was sold in 1947 and rebuilt as the whaling ship Olympic Conqueror in 1950. She was seized in 1954 by Peruvian warships and was sold to Japan in 1956 as the Otori Maru No. 8. In 1957 she was sold to Thor Dahl AS and renamed Thorlyn. In 1962 she was laid up in Sandefjord and then sold in 1964 at Gothenburg, Sweden. She was scrapped in Germany in 1965.
References
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