DIANELLA
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date1941
Object NameCORVETTE
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 190' x breadth 33' x depth 17'6"
Object numberABDSHIP000097
Keywords
Yard Number: 151
Name changed from HMS DAFFODIL in 1940 prior to commissioning.
Fate: arrived for scrapping at Portaferry on 24 June 1947.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Flower class corvette (K07)
Owners:
1940: Royal Navy
Sold to J. Lee for scrapping in early 1947
General History:
Laid down 8 December 1939, launched 3rd September 1940. Full power trial in Torry Dock, 30 December 1940. Commissioned 6 January 1941.
18/05/1943:
DIANELLA was one of escorts which assisted 11 surviving ships of disastrous Arctic convoy to Archangel (PQ17) July 1942. Convoy was scattered by the Admiralty in mistaken belief German battleship TIRPITZ was about to attack. 22 of 34 ships were lost.
(Liverpool Echo)
10/02/1947:
DIANELLA was one of 17 corvettes laid up in Rosses Bay and purchased by an English firm for use as passenger ships in foreign waters. DIANELLA was handed back to the Admiralty owing to her condition. For 12 months she had been beached, with tide flowing in and out of her.
(Belfast Telegraph)
08/07/1947:
Fire broke out on DIANELLA , lying at Londonderry docks, caused by ignition of oil fuel overflowed from bilges. She had recently been purchased by Belfast firm of shipbreakers, John Lee & Co. Fire brigade used breathing apparatus, foam and sprayer nuzles to extinguish blaze.
(Londonderry Sentinel)
Note: Engine number 228, boilers by Kincaid, Greenock.
1841
