HMS Meadowsweet

History

United Kingdom

NameHMS Meadowsweet

Ordered25 July 1939

BuilderCharles Hill & Sons, Bristol, England

Laid down12 August 1941

Launched28 March 1942

Commissioned8 July 1942

Out of service31 March 1951 - sold

IdentificationPennant number: K144

FateSold 1951

General characteristics

Class & typeFlower-class corvette (original)

Displacement925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)

Length205 ft (62.48 m)o/a

Beam33 ft (10.06 m)

Draught11.5 ft (3.51 m)

Propulsionsingle shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)

Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)

Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)

Complement85

Sensors & processing systems1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar

Armament1 × 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 Meadowsweet (K144) 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.

Sources

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.
Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates - The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.