en HMS Violet (K35)

HMS Violet (K35) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.^[1]^[2]

Construction and career

Royal Navy

Built at Simons & Co in Renfrew on the River Clyde, the ship was laid down on 21 March 1940.^[1] The ship was launched 30 December 1940 and commissioned 3 February 1941.^[1]

Along with HMS Malcolm and others, the ship shared credit for the sinking of the German submarine U-651 on 29 June 1941.^[3]^[4] The ship then rescued some 16 survivors from the steamship Grayburn which had been sunk earlier by U-651.^[5]

In January 1942, the ship was involved in Operation Postmaster.^[6]^[7]^[8] In 1942, the ship was retrofitted, repainted in dazzle camouflage and received an upgrade to her anti-aircraft batteries for a total of six Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on board.^[9]

The ship sank U-641 single-handed 19 January 1944.

The ship was paid off 10 February 1946.

Civilian service

The ship was sold on 17 May 1947 to Zubi Shipping of London for use as a mercantile ship and renamed La Aguerra.^[1] The ship was resold in 1949 to Spain as mercantile La Guera then in 1958 as mercantile Claudio Sabadell. The ship was scrapped in October 1970 at Bilbao.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "History, Facts & Photos of Harwich". Harwich & Dovercourt. 1944-02-29. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
^ Preston, Antony; Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1982). Flower Class Corvettes. ISBN 978-0-85368-559-3.
^ Henshaw, John (2020-07-30). V & W Destroyers. ISBN 1-5267-7482-8.
^ Lister, David (2021-08-31). Defeating the Panzer-Stuka Menace. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-5267-8716-3.
^ "Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII". uboat.net. 1941-06-29. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
^ Binney, Marcus (2006). Secret War Heroes. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-340-82910-3.
^ Fitzgerald, Clare (2024-07-30). "The True Story Behind 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare'". warhistoryonline. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
^ Archives, The National (2020-01-23). Audacious Missions of World War II. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-4728-2996-2.
^ Wright, Malcolm (2014-09-15). British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII. Casemate Publishers. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-84832-273-8.

Flower-class corvettes

Original ships
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HMS Violet (K35)

Construction and career

Royal Navy

Civilian service

References

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