Flower-class corvette
History United Kingdom Name HMS Pennywort Ordered 12 December 1939 Builder A & J Inglis Ltd.. , Glasgow, Scotland Laid down 11 March 1941 Launched 18 October 1941 Commissioned 5 March 1942 Out of service 1947 - sold Identification Pennant number : K111Fate Sold 1947; scrapped 1949 General characteristics Class and type Flower-class corvette (original)Displacement 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons) Length 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a Beam 33 ft (10.06 m) Draught 11.5 ft (3.51 m) Propulsion
single shaft
2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed 16 knots (29.6 km/h) Range 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) Complement 85 Sensors and
1 × SW1C or 2C radar
1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament
1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun
2 x double Lewis machine gun
2 × twin Vickers machine gun
2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
initially with minesweeper equipment, later removed
HMS Pennywort HMS Pennywort was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War . She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of the Atlantic .
Service history
On 17 March 1943, she picked up 70 survivors from James Oglethorp , an American merchant torpedoed by the German submarine U-758 and Elin K. , a Norwegian merchant torpedoed and sunk by U-603 HMS Anemone picked up 54 survivors from Canadian Star , a British merchant torpedoed and sunk by U-221 HMT Damsay , picked up 59 survivors from Orminster , a British merchant sunk by U-480 [ 1]
References
Sources
Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates - The Second World War and After . Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4 Gardiner, Robert (1987). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 . London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7 Preston, Antony; Raven, Alan (1982). Flower Class Corvettes . London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-559-2
