- Source: HMS Cowslip (K196)
HMS Cowslip (K196) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship spent much of the war in convoy escort and anti-submarine duties during the Battle of the Atlantic.
Construction
The ship was ordered 8 April 1940, laid down 16 January 1941 and built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast. The ship was launched 28 May 1941 and commissioned 9 August 1941.
Career
On 30 October 1942, together with a merchant ship, Cowslip rescued some 78 crewman and 7 gunners who were survivors from the Président Doumer, sunk by the German submarine U-604.
On 30 September 1942, the ship saved the merchant ship captain, 41 crew and 8 gunners from the water who were survivors from the sunken Empire Avocet.
Cowslip was sold in July 1948 and scrapped at Troon in April 1949.
