HMS Gentian (K90)
HMS Gentian – September 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Gentian |
| Namesake | gentian |
| Ordered | 19 September 1939 |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff |
| Yard number | 1070 |
| Laid down | 20 April 1940 |
| Launched | 6 August 1940 |
| Completed | 22 September 1940 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K90 |
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| Fate | Scrapped Purfleet 21 August 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement | 950 tons |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Installed power | 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
| Propulsion | Reciprocating engine, 1 shaft |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
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HMS Gentian was a Royal Navy Flower-class corvette that served in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
One of the first batch of wartime corvettes laid down, she served most of the time in the Western Approaches, escorting convoys across the North Atlantic with Escort Group B2 and was also on the Arctic runs to Murmansk and Archangel. In 1941 the ship was also involved in escort work out of Gibraltar and was one of the Royal Navy corvettes employed on escort duties during D-Day.