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HMS Rhododendron during refueling trials at sea
History
United Kingdom
Name HMS Rhododendron
Ordered 19 September 1939
Builder Harland and Wolff Ltd. , Belfast, Northern Ireland
Laid down 22 May 1940
Launched 2 September 1940
Commissioned 18 October 1940
Out of service 17 May 1947 – placed in reserve
Identification Pennant number : K78
Fate Sold 1950; scrapped 1968
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 processing systems
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 Rhododendron 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 .[1] [2]
Background
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The ship was ordered on 19 September 1939 from Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The ship's keel was laid on 22 May 1940,[3] and the ship was launched on 2 September. The ship was commissioned about one month later, on 18 October.[4]
War Service
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On 21 November 1940, Rhododendron , part of the escort for Convoy OB244, attacked the German U-boat U-103 with depth charges , helping to drive the submarine away from the convoy. Although U-103 escaped unscathed, this attack led to the incorrect claim that Rhododendron had sunk U-104 .[5] [2] That same day, she picked up 36 survivors from the merchant ship Daydawn , which earlier that day had been sunk by U-103 .[2] At the beginning of 1941, Rhododendron was part of the 8th Escort Group.[6] On 17 January 1941, she detonated a mine in Liverpool harbor, knocking out her engines and steering gear and causing minor structural damage. Rhododendron was under repair at Liverpool for three months.[7] [8] [2] On 28 July 1941, she picked up 26 survivors from the Lapland , a merchant ship which was torpedoed by U-203 .[2] [9] On 1 October 1941, Rhododendron was part of the 36th Escort Group, based at Liverpool.[10]
In November 1942, the British and Americans landed in French North Africa in Operation Torch , with Rhododendron helping to escort one of the convoys carrying invasion forces from Britain to the Centre Task Force beaches at Arzew near Oran in Algeria on 9 November.[11] On 4 July 1943, she picked up more than 300 survivors from several merchant ships which were torpedoed by German submarines U-409 and U-375 off of Algeria .
Fate
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Whale catcher Maj Vinke
She was sold in 1950 to a shipping company, where she was turned into the merchant Maj Finke . She was sold for demolition in South Africa in 1968.
References
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^ Lynch, p. 98
^ Friedman, p. 340
^ Rohwer & Hümmelchen 1992 , p. 42
^ Kindell, Don (7 April 2012). "Royal Navy Ships, January 1941 (Part 1 of 2)" . British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day . naval-history.net. Retrieved 12 January 2020 .
^ H.M. Ships Damaged or Sunk by Enemy Action 1952 , p. 349
^ Kindell, Don (7 April 2012). "Naval Events, January 1941 (Part 2 of 2): Wednesday 15th - Friday 31st" . British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day . naval-history.net. Retrieved 12 January 2020 .
^ Kindell, Don (8 April 2012). "Naval Events, July 1941 (Part 2 of 2): Tuesday 15th - Thursday 31st" . British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day . naval-history.net. Retrieved 12 January 2020 .
^ Rohwer & Hümmelchen 1992 , p. 89
^ Winser 2002 , pp. 12, 65
Sources
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Blair, Clay (2000). Hitler's U-boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942 . London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-35260-8 .
Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates - The Second World War and After . Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4 .
Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 . London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7 .
H.M. Ships Damaged or Sunk by Enemy Action: 3rd. SEPT. 1939 to 2nd. SEPT. 1945 . Admiralty. 1952. Retrieved 1 September 2018 .
Lynch, John (2012). Belfast Built Ships . Stroud, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-075246-539-5 .
Preston, Antony; Raven, Alan (1982). Flower Class Corvettes . London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-559-2 .
Rohwer, Jürgen ; Hümmelchen, Gerhard (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945 . London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-117-7 .
Ruegg, Bob; Hague, Arnold (1992). Convoys to Russia: 1941–1945 . Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-66-5 .
Winser, John de S. (2002). British Invasion Fleets: The Mediterranean and beyond 1942–1945 . Gravesend, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-9543310-0-1 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Rhododendron_(K78)&oldid=1232725976 "
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