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HMS Hibiscus was a Flower-class corvette, built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and was in service in the Battle of the Atlantic.In 1942 she was transferred to the United States Navy as part of the Reverse Lend-Lease arrangement and renamed USS Spry, one of the Temptress-class gunboats.With the end of hostilities she was returned to the Royal Navy and sold into mercantile service.

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  • HMS Hibiscus was a Flower-class corvette, built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and was in service in the Battle of the Atlantic.In 1942 she was transferred to the United States Navy as part of the Reverse Lend-Lease arrangement and renamed USS Spry, one of the Temptress-class gunboats.With the end of hostilities she was returned to the Royal Navy and sold into mercantile service. (en)
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  • 1940-05-21 (xsd:date)
  • 1942-05-20 (xsd:date)
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  • 1942-05-02 (xsd:date)
  • 1945-08-20 (xsd:date)
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  • 1939-11-14 (xsd:date)
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  • 1940-04-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Returned to Royal Navy
  • Sold into civilian service, 1947, scrapped 1955
  • Transferred to United States Navy
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  • title (en)
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  • * 1 × 4-inch BL Mk.IX single gun * 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) * 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun * 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers * 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges * originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed (en)
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  • 1940-05-21 (xsd:date)
  • 1942-05-20 (xsd:date)
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  • 85 (xsd:integer)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
  • United States (en)
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  • 1942-05-02 (xsd:date)
  • 1945-08-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Returned to Royal Navy (en)
  • Transferred to United States Navy (en)
  • Sold into civilian service, 1947, scrapped 1955 (en)
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  • Hull number: PG-64 (en)
  • Pennant number: K24 (en)
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  • 1939-11-14 (xsd:date)
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  • HMS Hibiscus (en)
  • USS Spry (en)
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  • Hibiscus flower (en)
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  • * single shaft * 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers * 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine * (en)
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  • at (en)
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  • * 1 × SW1C or 2C radar * 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar (en)
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  • HMS Hibiscus was a Flower-class corvette, built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and was in service in the Battle of the Atlantic.In 1942 she was transferred to the United States Navy as part of the Reverse Lend-Lease arrangement and renamed USS Spry, one of the Temptress-class gunboats.With the end of hostilities she was returned to the Royal Navy and sold into mercantile service. (en)
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  • HMS Hibiscus (K24) (en)
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