HMS Periwinkle
Ship Number
1059
Vessel Type
Flower Class Corvette
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
1
Launch Date
February 24, 1940
Delivered
April 8, 1940
Owner
Admiralty
Weight
724 grt
BP Length
190 feet
Breadth
33 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
16.5 knots
Propulsion
One Steam Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion 4 cylinder 2750hp
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
HMS Periwinkle

Pennant No K55
 
Ordered for French Navy but served in the Royal Navy as HMS Periwinkle.
 
Transferred to the US Navy and Commissioned USS Restless (PG-66), 15 March 1942.
 
Decommissioned 20 August 1945 at Chetham England.
 
 Returned to the Royal Navy 26 August 1945.
 
Struck from the Naval Register 17 September 1945.
 
Sold into mercantile service 1947 as SS Perilock.
 
Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1953.