Editing Flower-class corvette (section)

{{Short description|World War II British corvette class}}
{{Use British English | date = November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=HMCS Regina K234 CT-252.jpg
|Ship caption={{HMCS|Regina|K234|6}}, 1942–1943
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
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|Builders=
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* During [[World War II]] ([[Allies of World War II|Allies]]):
** {{navy|United Kingdom}}
** {{naval|Canada|1911}}
** {{navy|United States}}
** {{navy|Free France}}
** {{flagicon|Belgium|government}} [[Free Belgian Forces|Free Belgian Navy]]
** {{flagicon|Greece|royalnavy}} [[Royal Hellenic Navy]]
** {{navy|British Raj}}
** {{navy|Netherlands}}
** {{navy|New Zealand|naval-1941}}
** {{navy|Norway}}
** {{navy|South Africa|1922}}
** {{navy|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
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* During World War II (Axis)—seized during construction:
** {{navy|Nazi Germany}}
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* After World War II:
** {{navy|Argentina}}
** {{navy|Chile}}
** {{navy|Denmark}}
** {{navy|Dominican Republic}}
** {{navy|Egypt}}
** {{flagicon|Greece|royalnavy}} [[Royal Hellenic Navy]]
** {{navy|British Raj}}
** {{navy|Israel}}
** {{navy|Republic of Ireland}}
** {{navy|South Africa|1946}}
** {{navy|Venezuela}}
** {{navy|China}}
** {{navy|Thailand}}
** {{navy|Yugoslavia}}
|Class after= {{sclass2|Castle|corvette|4}}
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|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=225 (original), 69 (modified)
|Total ships cancelled=5 (original), 6 (modified)
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=33 World War II (22 to submarines)
|Total ships retired=
|Total ships preserved={{HMCS|Sackville}}
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=Original Flower-class corvette
|Ship type=[[Corvette]]
|Ship displacement={{convert|925|LT|t ST|lk=in}}
|Ship length={{convert|205|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} o/a
|Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship height=
|Ship draught={{convert|11.5|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
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* 1939–1940 programme
** Single shaft
** 2 × fire tube [[Scotch marine boiler|Scotch boilers]]
** 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
** {{convert|2750|ihp|abbr=on}}
* 1940–1941 programme
** single shaft
** 2 × water tube [[three-drum boiler]]s
** 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
** {{convert|2750|ihp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|16|kn|km/h|1|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|3500|nmi|km|0}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|1}}
|Ship complement=85
|Ship sensors=*1 × SW1C or 2C radar
* 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar

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|Ship armament=*1 × [[BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun|4-inch BL Mk.IX single gun]]
* 2 × [[Vickers .50 machine gun]]s (twin)
* 2 × [[Lewis gun|.303-inch Lewis machine gun]] (twin)
* 2 × Mk.II [[depth charge thrower]]s
* 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
* Originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed

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|Header caption=Modified Flower-class corvette
|Ship displacement={{convert|1015|LT|t ST|lk=in}}
|Ship length={{convert|208|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}o/a
|Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|11|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*single shaft
* 2 × water tube boilers
* 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
* {{convert|2750|ihp|abbr=on}}

|Ship speed={{convert|16|kn|km/h|1}}
|Ship range={{convert|3500|nmi|km|0}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|1}}
|Ship armour=
|Ship complement=90
|Ship armament=*1 × [[BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun|4-inch BL Mk.IX single gun]]
* 1 × [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder. Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" AA gun]]
* 2 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm Oerlikon]] single
* 1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog A/S mortar]]
* 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
* 2 depth charge rails with 70 depth charges

|Ship sensors=*1 × Type 271 SW2C radar
* 1 × Type 144 sonar

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The '''Flower-class corvette'''<ref name="Conways22 p62">Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 62.</ref><ref>(reproduction with introduction by Antony Preston), ''Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II'', New Jersey: Random House, 1996, {{ISBN|0-517-67963-9}}, page 68.</ref><ref>United States Navy ''Warship Identification Manual'' (NAVPERS 10796)</ref> (also referred to as the '''''Gladiolus'' class''' after the [[lead ship]])<ref>Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons & Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 11, pp.&nbsp;1137–42.</ref> was a British [[Ship class|class]] of 294 [[corvette]]s used during [[World War II]] by the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] navies particularly as [[anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] [[convoy]] escorts in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]]. [[Royal Navy]] ships of this class were named after flowers.

Most served during World War II with the Royal Navy (RN) and [[Royal Canadian Navy]] (RCN). Several ships built largely in Canada were transferred from the RN to the [[United States Navy]] (USN) under the [[lend-lease]] programme, seeing service in both navies. Some corvettes transferred to the USN were crewed by the [[United States Coast Guard|US Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Silverstone |first1=Paul |title=The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947 |date=2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415978989 |pages=175}}</ref> The vessels serving with the US Navy were known as '''''Temptress-''''' and '''''Action''-class patrol gunboats'''. Other Flower-class corvettes served with the [[Free French Naval Forces]], the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]], the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]], the [[History of the Indian Navy|Royal Indian Navy]], the [[Hellenic Navy|Royal Hellenic Navy]], the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]], the [[Royal Yugoslav Navy]], and, immediately after the war, the [[South African Navy]].

After World War II many surplus Flower-class vessels were used in other navies, or for civilian use. {{HMCS|Sackville|K181|6}} is the only member of the class preserved as a [[museum ship]].