LIFE ON A FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE. 1. ... Half a dozen men lined up like tug of war team on the escort's fo'csle would start to haul in the rope as the tanker paid out the hose.

Then was off on a convoy to West Africa to join HMS Starwort - a Flower Class Corvette, where I served 4.1/2 years as a Medical Assistant. HMS Starwort was the K.20, built at Clydeside by J.Inglis ...

Flower class Corvette K19, HMS Nigella, visits Cocos Islands, 1944 Transcribed from a video recording Oh yes. Mid 1944 We were in dry dock.

These vessels were of the River Class, and HMS Nith was one of these. "If a Flower Class corvette had an estimated cost of £55,000, a River Class firgate would have certainly cost twice that amount.

After a decorated career fighting German U-boats during the Second World War, the HMCS Sackville, the last remaining ship of the Flower-class corvettes, eventually made its way to the Halifax ...

Then was off on a convoy to West Africa to join HMS Starwort - a Flower Class Corvette, where I served 4.1/2 years as a Medical Assistant. HMS Starwort was the K.20, built at Clydeside by J.Inglis ...