HMS Stonecrop (K142)

HMS Stonecrop in October 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Stonecrop
Ordered	31 August 1939
Builder	Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.)
Laid down	4 February 1941
Launched	12 May 1941
Commissioned	30 July 1941
Identification	Pennant number: K142
Fate	Sold on 17 May 1947 Became a merchant ship Scrapped 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power	30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating engine 2 × Scotch fire-tube boilers 1 × screw
Speed	16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Range	3,500 nmi (4,000 mi; 6,500 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (100 mm) Mk.IX gun 4 × Vickers .50 cal machine gun (2×2) 4 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (2×2) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges originally fitted with minesweeping gear (later removed)

HMS Stonecrop was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. She was named after the stonecrop flower (Sedum).

She was built at Smith's Dock, South Bank-on-Tees and launched on 12 May 1941.