HMS Salvia (K97)
HMS Salvia (K97) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Salvia |
| Namesake | plant genus Salvia |
| Ordered | 31 August 1939 |
| Builder | William Simons & Co Ltd, Renfrew |
| Yard number | 731 |
| Laid down | 26 September 1939 |
| Launched | 6 August 1940 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 1940 |
| Out of service | 24 December 1941 |
| Identification | Pennant number K97 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-568, 24 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 205 ft (62.5 m) o/a |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 10 in (4.52 m) |
| Installed power | 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 54 ratings |
| Armament |
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| Notes | fitted with towing gear |
HMS Salvia (K97) was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was ordered on the eve of the Second World War and entered service in September 1940. She rescued many survivors from the prison ship SS Shuntien when it was sunk on 23 December 1941. A few hours later, on Christmas Eve 1941, Salvia too was torpedoed. The corvette sank with all hands, and all of the survivors that she had rescued from Shuntien were also lost.