HMS Hibiscus
Ship Number
1062
Vessel Type
Flower Class Corvette
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
2
Launch Date
April 6, 1940
Delivered
May 21, 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 Hibiscus

Pennant No. K24
 
Ordered for French Navy but taken over with the fall of France.
 
Transferred to the US Navy at Leith, Scotland, 20 May 1942 and commissioned the same day as USS Spry (PG-64).
 
Decommissioned, 20 August 1945 at Chatham, England.
 
Returned to the Royal Navy, 26 August 1945.
 
Struck from the U. S. Naval Register, 17 September 1945.
 
Sold into mercantile service, 1947 by the British as Madonna.
 
Sold for scrapping, 1955 at Hong Kong.