HMS Sunflower (K41)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sunflower
Ordered	31 August 1939
Builder	Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.)
Laid down	24 May 1940
Launched	19 August 1940
Commissioned	25 January 1941
Identification	Pennant number: K41
Fate	Scrapped in September 1947 at Hayle.
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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
Service record
Operations:	Battle of the Atlantic Normandy 1944 English Channel 1944-45

HMS Sunflower was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War.

She was built at Smith's Dock Company, South Bank on Tees and launched on 19 August 1940. She was sold on 17 May 1947 and scrapped at Hayle, Cornwall, in September 1947.

HMS Sunflower was the most successful of the Royal Navy Flower-class. She single-handedly sank two U-boats: U-638 on 5 May 1943 and U-631 on 17 October 1943. She shared sinking of U-282 on 29 October 1943.