HMS ''Acanthus'' was a ''Flower''-class corvette of the

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Construction and design

''Acanthus'' was one of ten Flower-class corvettes ordered on 21 September 1939, in the fourth of a series of orders. She was

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shipyard on 21 December 1939, was launched on 26 May 1941 and completed on 1 October 1941.

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