CORIANDER
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date9 June 1941
Object NameCORVETTE
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 190' x breadth 33' x depth 17'7"
Object numberABDSHIP002458
Keywords
Yard Number: 760
Subsequent Name: COMMANDANT DETROYAT (1941-47)
Fate: Decommissioned and scrapped at Troon in February 1948.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Flower Class corvette, armament as designed 1 x BL 4 inch Mk IX gun, 2 x .50 inch twin machine guns, 2 x .303 inch Lewis machine guns, 2 x stern depth charge racks with 40 depth charges
Owners:
1941: Royal Navy, pennant no. K183.
1941-47: Lent to the Free French pennant no J 1166 (J. J. Colledge and Ben Wardlow (2006), 'Ships of the Royal Navy' (Chatham Publishing, London), p. 79)
General History:
Originally named IRIS, renamed 26 October 1940
09/06/1941: Launched
16/09/1941: Commissioned
