HMS Arbutus (K86)

HMS Arbutus
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Arbutus
Namesake	Arbutus
Builder	Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd
Laid down	30 November 1939
Launched	5 June 1940
Commissioned	12 October 1940
Identification	Pennant number: K86
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 5 February 1942
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	13.5 ft (4.1 m)
Installed power	2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Propulsion	Two fire tube boilers One 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine,
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk IX gun, 1 x quad 0.5 in (13 mm) machine guns 2 x Lewis 0.303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns two stern depth charge racks, two throwers with 40 depth charges

HMS Arbutus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, which was active during the Second World War. She was a successful escort vessel, and took part in the destruction of two U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. Arbutus was torpedoed by a U-boat and sunk in the North Atlantic in February 1942 while aiding a convoy that was under attack.