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LOOSESTRIFE

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Owner Royal Navy

Date25 August 1941

Object NameCORVETTE

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 190 3/6' x breadth 33 1/12' x depth 17 7/12'

Object numberABDSHIP002460

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 761
Subsequent Name: KALLSEVNI (by 1948)

Fate: Broken up in Denmark 1962 (Lloyd's casualty returns, quarter ending 30 September 1962, p. 24)

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. K105.
04/10/1946: Sold (J. J. Colledge and Ben Wardlow (2006), 'Ships of the Royal Navy' (Chatham Publishing, London), p. 204)
1948: P/F Kimbil A/S, Thorshavn, TN 340.

General History:
09/12/1940: Laid down.
25/11/1941: Commissioned
06/05/1943: Sunk U-192 by depth charges in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell in position 53.06N, 45.02W .
1948: Converted to steam trawler.