History | |
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Name | HMS Thyme |
Namesake | Thyme |
Builder | Smiths Dock Company |
Laid down | 30 April 1941 |
Launched | 25 July 1941 |
Commissioned | 23 October 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: K210 |
Fate | Sold 1947 as Weather ship Weather Explorer, scrapped 1962 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
HMS Thyme was a Flower-class corvette which served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Laid down by Smiths Dock Company in April 1941, she was launched in July 1941, and commissioned in October 1941.[1]
Thyme was one of six Flower-class corvettes ordered on 3 August 1940. She was laid down at Smith Dock's South Bank, Middlesbrough shipyard on 30 April 1941, was launched on 25 July 1941 and completed on 23 October 1941.[2]