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===Vessels lost in action=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Flower-class ships lost to enemy action |- ! scope="col" | Ship ! scope="col" | Flag ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Fate |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Alysse|K100|2}} |align="left"|[[Free French Naval Forces]] |align="right"|9 February 1942 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-654||2}} while escorting [[Convoy ON-60]] about {{convert|420|nmi|km}} E of [[Cape Race]] at {{coord|46|00|N|44|00|W}} 36 crew were killed. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|La Bastiaise||2}} |align="left"|Free French Naval Forces |align="right"|22 June 1940 |Mined during sea trial off [[Hartlepool]] on day of her commissioning. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Mimosa|K11|2}} |align="left"|Free French Naval Forces |align="right"|9 June 1942 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} while escorting [[Convoy ONS 100]] at {{coord|52|12|N|32|37|W}} 58 French crew and 6 British crew were killed; the French crew being largely from [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]. 4 survivors rescued by {{HMCS|Assiniboine|I18|6}}. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Alberni|K103|2}} |align="left"|[[Royal Canadian Navy]] |align="right"|21 August 1944 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-480||2}} while escorting a convoy in the [[English Channel]] S of [[St. Catherine's Point]] at {{coord|50|18|N|00|51|W}} 59 crew killed and 31 rescued by RN motor torpedo boats. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Charlottetown|1941|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|11 September 1942 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-517||2}} while escorting [[Convoy SQ-30]] in the [[Saint Lawrence River]] N of [[Cap-Chat, Quebec|Cap-Chat]] at {{coord|49|10|N|66|50|W}} 9 crew killed. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Levis|K115|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|19 September 1941 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-74|1940|2}} while escorting [[Convoy SC 44]] E of [[Cape Farewell, Greenland|Cape Farewell]] at {{coord|60|07|N|38|37|W}} 18 crew killed and 91 rescued. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Louisburg|K143|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|6 February 1943 |Bombed and torpedoed by ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' aircraft while escorting [[Convoy KMF-8]] off [[Ténès|Cape Tenes]] in [[Mediterranean Sea]] at {{coord|36|15|N|00|15|E}} 59 crew killed, 50 rescued. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Regina|K234|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|8 August 1944 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-667||2}} off [[Trevose Head]] at {{coord|50|42|N|05|03|W}} 30 crew were killed. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Shawinigan|K136|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|25 November 1944 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-1228||2}} in the [[Cabot Strait]] at {{coord|47|34|N|59|11|W}}. All hands were lost. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Spikenard|K198|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|11 February 1942 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-136|1941|2}} while escorting [[Convoy SC 67]] W of [[Malin Head]] at {{coord|56|10|N|21|07|W}}. 8 crew survived. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Weyburn|K173|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|22 February 1943 |Mined on 22 February 1943 off [[Cap Spartel|Cape Espartel]] at {{coord|36|46|N|06|02|W}}. 7 crew were killed. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Windflower|K155|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|7 December 1941 |Rammed and sunk while escorting [[Convoy SC 58]] after colliding with freighter ''Zypenberg'' in dense fog on the [[Grand Banks of Newfoundland|Grand Banks]] at {{coord|46|19|N|49|30|W}} 23 crew were killed. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Abelia|K184|2}} |align="left"|[[Royal Navy]] |align="right"|9 January 1944 |Torpedoed and badly damaged by a U-boat. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Arbutus|K86|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|5 February 1942 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-136|1941|2}} W of [[Erris Head|Erris Head, Ireland]] at {{coord|55|05|N|18|43|W}} |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Asphodel|K56|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|10 March 1944 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-575||2}} while escorting [[Convoy SL-150]] and [[Convoy MKS-41]] at {{coord|45|24|N|18|09|W}}. 92 crew were killed, 5 survivors rescued by {{HMS|Clover|K134|6}}. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Auricula|K12|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|6 May 1942 |Mined in Courrier Bay, [[Madagascar]] at {{coord|12|12|S|49|19|E}}. Foundered the next day while under tow. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Bluebell|K80|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|17 February 1945 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-711||2}} off the [[Kola Peninsula|Kola Inlet]] at {{coord|69|36|N|35|29|E}} |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Bryony|K192|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|15 April 1941 |Bombed and sunk during sea trials by the ''[[Luftwaffe]]''. Raised and repaired. Transferred to the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] in 1947 as ''HNoMS Polarfront''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Erica|K50|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|9 February 1943 |Mined and sunk while escorting a convoy in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Derna, Libya]] at {{coord|32|48|N|21|10|E}}. Entire crew rescued by '[[Southern-class AS Whaler|HMSAS ''Southern Maid'']]. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Fleur de Lys|K122|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|14 October 1941 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-206||2}} west of [[Gibraltar]] at {{coord|36|00|N|06|30|W}}. There were 3 survivors. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Gardenia|K99|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|9 November 1942 |Rammed and sunk off [[Oran]] at {{coord|35|49|N|01|05|W}} in collision with [[Shakespearian-class trawler#Ships in class|HMS ''Fluellen'' (T157)]]. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Gladiolus|K34|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|17 October 1941 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-558||2}} while escorting [[Convoy SC 48]] S of [[Iceland]] at {{coord|57|00|N|25|00|W}}. All hands were lost. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Godetia|K72|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|6 September 1940 |Rammed and sunk {{convert|3|mi|km}} off [[Rathlin Island|Altacarry Head]] at {{coord|55|18|N|05|57|W}} in collision with mercantile ''Marsa''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Hollyhock|K64|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|9 April 1942 |Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft E of [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] at {{coord|07|21|N|81|57|E}} |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Marigold|K87|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|9 December 1942 |Torpedoed and sunk by the [[Regia Aeronautica]] while escorting [[Convoy KMS.3Y]] off [[Algiers]] at {{coord|36|50|N|03|00|E}}. 40 crew were killed. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Orchis|K76|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|21 August 1944 |Mined and heavily damaged off [[Courseulles-sur-Mer]]. Beached on [[Juno Beach]] and declared a total loss. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Picotee|K63|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|12 August 1941 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-568||2}} while escorting [[Convoy ONS 4]] S of [[Iceland]] at {{coord|62|00|N|16|01|W}}. All hands were lost. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Pink|K137|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|27 June 1944 |Torpedoed and heavily damaged by {{GS|U-988||2}} off [[Normandy]] at {{coord|49|48|N|00|49|W}}. Declared a total loss and scrapped in 1947 at [[Llanelly]]. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Polyanthus|K47|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|21 September 1943 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-952||2}} while escorting [[Convoy ON 202]] at {{coord|57|00|N|31|10|W}}. 1 survivor rescued by [[River-class frigate#Vessels lost in action|HMS Itchen]] but was killed when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-666||2}} on 23 September 1943. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Salvia|K97|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|24 December 1941 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-568||2}} W of [[Alexandria]] at {{coord|31|46|N|28|00|E}}. All hands were lost. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Samphire|K128|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|30 January 1943 |Torpedoed and sunk by [[Acciaio-class submarine#Ships|Italian submarine ''Platino'']] while escorting [[Convoy TE-14]] off [[Béjaïa]] at {{coord|36|56|N|05|40|E}} |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Snapdragon|K10|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|19 December 1942 |Bombed and sunk by the ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' NW of [[Benghazi]] at {{coord|32|18|N|19|54|E}} |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Vervain|K190|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|20 February 1945 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-1276||2}} SE of [[Dungarvan]], Rep of Ireland at {{coord|51|47|N|07|06|W}} |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Zinnia|K98|2}} |align="left"|Royal Navy |align="right"|23 August 1941 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-564||2}} while escorting [[Convoy OG-71]] W of [[Portugal]] at {{coord|40|25|N|10|40|W}} |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|HNoMS|Montbretia|K208|2}} |align="left"|[[Royal Norwegian Navy]] |align="right"|18 November 1942 |Torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-262||2}} at {{coord|53|37|N|38|15|W}}. 48 crew killed, 23 survivors were rescued by ''[[List of Flower-class corvettes#Royal Norwegian Navy|HNoMS Potentilla (K214)]]''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Trentonian|K368|2}} |align="left"|Royal Canadian Navy |align="right"|22 February 1945 |Torpedoed and sunk on 22 February 1945 by {{GS|U-1004||2}} off [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]] at {{coord|50|06|N|04|50|W}}. 6 crew were killed. |}
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