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HMS Gardenia (K99)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gardenia.
HMS Gardenia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and was built by William Simons and Company in 1940. She was named after Gardenia. Commissioned in 1940, rammed and sunk by HMS Fluellen on 9 November 1942.
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Name | Gardenia |
Namesake | Gardenia |
Builder | William Simons and Company, Renfrew |
Laid down | 20 September 1939 |
Launched | 10 April 1940 |
Commissioned | 24 May 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number: K99 |
Fate | Sunk in a collision, 9 November 1942 |
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Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
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Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
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