HMS Gladiolus (K34)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gladiolus.
HMS Gladiolus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, the first ship of her class.[1]
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Name | HMS Gladiolus |
Ordered | 25 July 1939 |
Builder | Smiths Dock Company, River Tees |
Laid down | 19 October 1939 |
Launched | 24 January 1940 |
Commissioned | 6 April 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number:K34 |
Fate | Sunk off Iceland on 16 October 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
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Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 85 men |
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She was laid down at Smiths Dock Company on the River Tees on 19 October 1939, launched on 24 January 1940, and commissioned on 6 April 1940.[1][2] Gladiolus was active in the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II and spent most of her service career on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic. She was lost in action on 16 October 1941.