HMS Erica
Ship Number
1067
Vessel Type
Flower Class Corvette
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
1
Launch Date
June 18, 1940
Delivered
August 9, 1940
Owner
Admiralty
Weight
722 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
Sank
HMS Erica

Pennant No. K50
 
While escorting a convoy from Benghazi to Alexandria she struck a mine and sank off Derna. There were some casualties but none fatal. The crew was picked up HMS Southern Maid.
 
Sunk by mine, NE of Benghazi, Libya 9th February 1943.
 
Ironically the mine field had been laid in 1940 by the British mine laying submarine HMS Rorqual.