Allied Warships

HMS Heartsease (K 15)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 15 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered19 Sep 1939 
Laid down14 Nov 1939 
Launched20 Apr 1940 
Commissioned4 Jun 1940 
End service3 Apr 1942 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the USN on 3 April 1942.
Returned to the RN on 23 August 1945.
Sold on 22 July 1946.
Became the merchant ship Roskva in 1951.
Name changed to Douglas in 1956.
Name changed to Seabird in 1958.
Lost in December 1958.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Edward John Robert North, RNR
May 1940 – November 1940

Lt.Cdr. Francis Babington Proudfood, RN (retired)
November 1940 – 10 July 1941

Lt.Cdr. John Albert Baragwanath, RNR
10 July 1941 - ???

Lt. George Charles Wilson Meldrum, MBE, RNR
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Career notesTo the United States Navy as USS Courage

Commands listed for HMS Heartsease (K 15)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Edward John Robert North, RNRMay 1940Nov 1940
2Lt.Cdr. (retired) Francis Babington Proudfoot, RNNov 194010 Jul 1941
3Lt.Cdr. John Albert Baragwanath, RNR10 Jul 1941???

4Lt. George Charles Wilson Meldrum, RNR??????

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Noteable events involving Heartsease include:


22 Sep 1940
HMS Heartsease (Lt.Cdr. E.J.R. North, RNR) picks up 31 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Simla that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-100 west of Ireland in position 55º11'N, 17º58'W.

15 Oct 1940
HMS Heartsease (Lt.Cdr. E.J.R. North, RNR) picks up 9 survivors from the British merchant Thistlegarth that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-103 45 nautical miles west-north-west of Rockall in position 58º43'N, 15º00'W.

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