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HMS Sunflower (K41)
HMS ''Sunflower'' was a of the Royal Navy. She served during the World War II, Second World War. She was built at Smith's Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough, South Bank on Tees and launched on 19 August 1940. Smith's Dock are perhaps most famous for preparing the design of the Flower-class corvette, an anti-submarine convoy escort of the Second World War (celebrated in the novel ''The Cruel Sea''). 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: German submarine U-638, ''U-638'' on 5 May 1943 and German submarine U-631, ''U-631'' on 17 October 1943. She shared sinking of German submarine U-282, ''U-282'' on 29 October 1943. Officers and crew Undoubtable the task faced by the Captain, Lt. Cdr. John Treasure Jones, RNR, with his new crew was the same for all corvettes which were manned mainly by volunteers: Treasure Jones writes: " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennant Number
In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that identified a flotilla or type of vessel. For example, the Royal Navy used a red burgee for torpedo boats and a pennant with an H for torpedo boat destroyers. Adding a number to the type-identifying flag uniquely identified each ship. In the current system, a letter prefix, called a ''flag superior'', identifies the type of ship, and numerical suffix, called a flag inferior, uniquely identifies an individual ship. Not all pennant numbers have a flag superior. Royal Navy systems The Royal Navy first used pennants to distinguish its ships in 1661 with a proclamation that all of his majesty's ships must fly a union pennant. This distinction was further strengthened by a proclamation in 1674 which forbade merchant vessels from flying any pennants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
