HMS Violet K35
Named after a flower of the genus "Viola"
Flower Class Corvette
Link to Violet Web Site
Displacement:1060 tons; Length 205 feet (oa); Beam 33 feet; Draught 16 feet 6 inches (max. at standard) Machinery: Steam reciprocating, 4 cylinder. Triple expansion SHP 2,750 knots; 2 cylindrical ended boilers. Armament: 1 x 4" BL Mk 1X on CP1 mtg; 1 x 2pdr; 1 quad 0.5MG; 2 0.303 Lewis gun; Complement 85
Chronology
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1939 |
21 September, ordered under the 1939 emergency war programme. |
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1940 |
21 March, laid down at W. Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew; 30 December, launched; 7th Royal Navy ship to be so called, the first dating from 1588. |
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1941 |
3 February, completed; Building time 10 months 3 days; Pennant number K 35; 17 February, arrived Tobermory for work up; 9 March, allocated to Western Approaches Command 12th Escort Group, based on Londonderry; 9th March, convoy duties with OB293, followed by HG55, OB301, HG56, OB311, SC29, HX124/SC30, HX130, OB338 and HX133 29 June, with Arabis, Malcolm, Scimitar and Speedwell sunk U-651 in North Atlantic (59-52N, 18_26W); 10 July, transferred to 8th Escort Group; 13 July, further escort for SC36, followed by ON1, HX140, ON6 and HX143; 20 August, refit at Dundee; 26 September, allocated to South Atlantic Command; 10 October, at 03.25 hrs picked up survivors of the Nailsea Manor; 23 October, arrived Freetown; 28 October, arrived Takoradi; 1 November, arrived Lagos. |
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1942 |
January, ran aground at the mouth of the Niger whilst heading for Fernando Po to pick up two small Freighters; 31 January, sailed from Lagos; 8 February, arrived Freetown;9 February sailed for escort duties between Lagos and Freetown with convoy SL100 followed by OS18, Sl102, OS20, SL104, OS22; 15 April sailed from Freetown; 19 April, arrived Takoradi; 25 April, convoy LS3 followed by SL109, LS5, SL112; 8 July, refit at Sheerness (armament 1 x 4 inch, 1 x 2 pdr, 4 x 20mm, 2 x 6 pdr and Hedgehog); 30 September, refit completed; 4 October, allocated to Western Approaches , 36 escort group in the Irish Sea; 22 October, escort for KMS1; 27 November, escort for KS2A; 25 December, 37 Escort Group convoy KMS6. |
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1943 |
11 January, escort for convoy MKS5; 7 February, KMS9; 16 April, to 38 Escort Group, Western Approaches, escort for OS46/KMS13; 25 April, OS46, followed by SL129, OS50, SL133, MKS18, OS53, ST75, STL1 and SL137; 20 October, refit at Sheerness (armament 1 x 4 inch, 1 x 2 pdr, 4 x 20mm, 2 x 6 pdr and Hedgehog). |
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1944 |
3 January, refit completed; 6 January, work up at Tobermory; 15 January, allocated to Eastern Fleet; Sailed from Londonderry to Gibraltar, escorting KMS 39; 19 January, sank U-641 in North Atlantic (50-15N, 18-49W) Convoys OS65/KMS39; 28 January arrived at Gibraltar; 6 February arrived at Port Said; 26 February arrived at Aden; 8 March, convoy duties to and from Aden RV BA64; 18 March, sailed with convoy AB33B to Bombay; 12 April, sailed for Hormuz with BP112; 18 April, PA76 to Aden; 28 April, escorted SM Giada to Colombo; 20 May, JC49A to Chittagong; 28 May, escorted AM3 to Calcutta; 8 June, CJ30A to Colombo; 20 June, JCS52A to Chittagong; 28 June, AM4 to Madras; 5 July, CJ33A to Colombo; 15 July, JC56A to Vizagpanam; 21 July, CJ36 to Colombo; 28 July, MB77 to Bombay; 17 August, BP117 to Hormuz; 24 August, PA to Aden; 8 September, AP74 to Hormuz; 20 September, PB84C to Karachi; 3 October sailed to Aden; 15 November, sailed to Bombay to join the East Indies Fleet; 23 November, BAF6A to Aden; 10 December, AP74B to Hormuz. |
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1945 |
1 February, arrived Bombay to operate between Masirah and Colombo; 21 March, arrived colombo; 31 March arrived Diego Suarez, Madagascar; 7 April, arrived East London for refit; 23 July sailed from Durban for Colombo; 29 July, arrived Diego Suarez, Madagascar; 7 August, arrived Colombo; 22 August, arrived cocos; 27 August, grounded Madagascar; sailed from Colombo after boiler clean to the Cocas Islands in readiness for the invasion of Singapore; 9 September, arrived Cocos; Air-Sea Rescue Patrol off Sumatra and Java, crossing the Equator nine times every four days (setting a record) sailing for 24 hours and drifting for 16 to conserve fuel. 25 September, arrived Cocos; 16 October, arrived Colombo;16 November, arrived Cocos; 1 December, arrived Colombo; |
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1946 |
5 January, sailed from Colombo for UK; 10 February, arrived Harwich to reduce to category C reserve. |
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1947 |
14 October, towed from Harwich after being sold to Zubi Shipping Co., London and renamed La Aguerra. |
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1958 |
Sold to Industrias Pesqueras Africanas SA, Spain and renamed La Guera. |
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1970 |
October, broken up at Bilbao in Spain. |
Battle Honours: Armada 1588, Cadiz 1596, Gabbard 1653,
Atlantic 1941/44, North Africa, North Sea 1943/44
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