HMS Honeysuckle (K27)

	HMS Honeysuckle coming alongside the aircraft carrier Trumpeter in the Kola Inlet
History
United Kingdom
Name	Rhododendron
Ordered	31 August 1939
Builder	Ferguson Shipbuilders. Ltd., Port Glasgow
Laid down	26 October 1939
Launched	22 April 1940
Commissioned	14 September 1940
Out of service	1950 – sold to T.W. Ward
Identification	Pennant number: K27
Fate	Sold 1950; scrapped November 1950
General characteristics
Class & type	Flower-class corvette (original)
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	single shaft; 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers; 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW);
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors &; processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar; 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar;
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun; 2 x double Lewis machine gun; 2 × twin Vickers machine gun ; 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers; 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges; initially with minesweeper equipment, later removed;

NameRhododendron

Ordered31 August 1939

Builder

Laid down26 October 1939

HMS Honeysuckle was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of the Atlantic.^[1]^[2]^[3]

War service

History

HMS Honeysuckle coming alongside the aircraft carrier Trumpeter in the Kola Inlet




United Kingdom
Name	Rhododendron
Ordered	31 August 1939
Builder	Ferguson Shipbuilders. Ltd., Port Glasgow
Laid down	26 October 1939
Launched	22 April 1940
Commissioned	14 September 1940
Out of service	1950 – sold to T.W. Ward
Identification	Pennant number: K27
Fate	Sold 1950; scrapped November 1950


General characteristics
Class & type	Flower-class corvette (original)
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors & processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun 2 x double Lewis machine gun 2 × twin Vickers machine gun 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges initially with minesweeper equipment, later removed