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====Free French Navy==== {{main|French Flower class corvette}} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Construction data for Flower-class corvettes of the Free French Navy |- ! scope="col" | Ship ! scope="col" | Builder ! scope="col" | Laid down ! scope="col" | Launched ! scope="col" | Commissioned ! scope="col" | Paid off ! scope="col" | Fate |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Aconit|K58|2}} |[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company|Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.]], [[Troon]] |25 March 1940 |31 March 1941 |23 July 1941 |30 April 1947 |Formerly {{HMS|Aconite|K58|6}}. Transferred on 23 July 1941 to the Free French Navy. Returned to RN on 30 April 1947. Sold and rebuilt as buoy boat (towing vessel) ''Terje 11'' for [[United Whalers]]. 1951 converted to a [[whale catcher]]. 1960 sold and renamed ''Southern Terrier''. 1963 sold to Norway and 1967 scrapped in Belgium. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|French corvette|Alysse|K100|2}} |[[George Brown and Company|George Brown & Co.]], [[Greenock]] |24 June 1940 |3 March 1941 |17 June 1941 |9 February 1942 |Formerly {{HMS|Alyssum|K100|6}}. Transferred on 17 June 1941 to the Free French Navy. Torpedoed and sunk on 9 February 1942 by {{GS|U-654||2}} while escorting convoy ON-60 about {{convert|420|nmi|km}} east of [[Cape Race]] at 46-00N, 44-00W. 36 crew were killed. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves|K93|2}} |[[Charles Hill & Sons|Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.]], [[Bristol]] |26 May 1941 |17 January 1942 |23 May 1942 |31 May 1947 |Formerly {{HMS|Lotus|K93|6}}. Transferred on 23 May 1942 to the Free French Navy upon completion. Returned to RN on 31 May 1947 and sold. Rebuilt as buoy boat ''Southern Lotus'' for [[Christian Salvesen]]. 1953 converted to a whale catcher. 1966 in tow from [[Melsomvik]] to [[Bruges]] for scrapping stranded near [[Hvide Sande]] on the [[Jutland]] coast. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Commandant Detroyat|K183|2}} |[[Hall, Russell & Company|Hall, Russell & Co.]], [[Aberdeen]] |19 September 1940 |9 June 1941 |16 September 1941 |1947 |Formerly {{HMS|Coriander|K183|6}}. Transferred on 16 September 1941 to the Free French Navy. Returned to RN in 1947. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Commandant Drogou|K195|2}} |[[Harland and Wolff|Harland & Wolff Ltd.]], [[Belfast]] |17 December 1940 |11 April 1941 |15 January 1942 |May 1947 |Formerly {{HMS|Chrysanthemum|K195|6}}. Transferred on 26 January 1942 to the Free French Navy. Returned to RN in May 1947 Sold and rebuilt as buoy boat ''Terje 10'' for United Whalers. 1959 sold to [[Portugal]] and renamed NRP ''Carvalho Araújo'' (A524) and used as [[survey vessel]]. 1975 to [[Angola]]. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|La Bastiaise||2}} |[[Smiths Dock Company|Smiths Dock Co.]], South Bank-on-Tees |18 November 1939 |8 April 1940 |22 June 1940 |22 June 1940 |First and only Flower-class corvette commissioned into the French Navy before the Fall of France. Mined during sea trials off [[Hartlepool]] on day of her commissioning. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Lobelia|K05|2}} |[[Alexander Hall and Sons|Alexander Hall & Co.]], Aberdeen |27 June 1940 |15 February 1941 |16 July 1941 |April 1947 |Formerly {{HMS|Lobelia|K05|6}}. Transferred on 16 July 1941 to the Free French Navy. Returned to RN in April 1947. Sold and rebuilt as whale catcher ''Thorgeir'' for [[A/S Thor Dahl]]. Continuous upgrading after the catching seasons until 1955. 1955 steam machinery replaced by a [[Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]] [[Marine propulsion#Reciprocating|diesel engine]]. 1970 scrapped in Norway.<ref>[http://www.alamer.fr/index.php?NIUpage=35&Param1=436 Alamer.fr] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Mimosa|K11|2}} |[[Charles Hill & Sons|Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.]], [[Bristol]] |22 April 1940 |18 January 1941 |11 May 1941 |9 June 1942 |Formerly {{HMS|Mimosa|K11|6}}. Transferred on 11 May 1941 to the Free French Navy. Torpedoed and sunk on 9 June 1942 by {{GS|U-124|1940|2}} while escorting convoy ONS 100 at 52-12N, 32-37W. 58 French 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" | {{ship|FFL|Renoncule|K117|2}} |[[William Simons and Company|W. Simons & Co.]], [[Renfrew]] |19 July 1940 |25 June 1941 |28 July 1941 |1947 |Formerly {{HMS|Ranunculus|K117|6}}. Transferred on 28 July 1941 to the Free French Navy. Returned to RN in 1947 and sold. Converted to buoy boat ''Southern Lily''. 1952 rebuilt as whale catcher and used in the Antarctic until 1963. 1967 scrapped in Belgium. |- ! scope="row" | {{ship|FFL|Roselys|K57|2}} |[[J. Lewis and Sons|J. Lewis & Sons Ltd.]], Aberdeen |4 November 1940 |28 May 1941 |19 September 1941 |1947 |Formerly {{HMS|Sundew|K57|6}}. Transferred on 19 September 1941 to the Free French Navy. Returned to RN in 1947. |}
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