MYOSOTIS
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date1941
Object NameCORVETTE
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 190'7" x breadth 33'2" x depth 16'4"
810 Tons
810 Tons
Object numberABDSHIP000099
Keywords
Yard Number: 153
Subsequent Names: GRUNNINGUR (1946); THORORN (1949).
Fate: Broken up from 1969.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Flower Class Corvette
Owners:
1941: Royal Navy
1946: p/f Kimbal, Thorshavn.
1949: Thor Dahl, Sandefjord.
General History:
Laid down 21 June 1940, launched 28th January 1941 commissioned 30 May 1941.
Full power trial in Torry Dock, 27 May 1941.
1946 sold to Faroe islands for refitting as trawler but laid up in Thorshavn.
05/1949: Sold to Ørnen, towed to Sandefjord by HAUK, refitted as bouy-boat at Framnæs Mek.V. First season 1949/50.
Refitted as whaler at Smith's Dock, Middlesborogh, during summer 1951. 2400 bhk Sulzer installed 1952/53. Hired by Aukra Hval summer -1956 for drifting in Norwegian waters. Service in Antarctic from 1953 to 1967.
05/1967 to 06/1969: Laid up in Sandefjord. Sold to breakers in Grimstad 1969.
Note: Engine number 230, boilers by Simons, Renfrew.
Diesel fitted 1953.
