HMS Gladiolus (K34)
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HMS Gladiolus (K34) was the lead ship of Flower class corvettes and served in the Royal Navy.[1]
She was laid down at Smiths Dock on the River Tees on October 19, 1939, launched on 24 January 1940, and commissioned on April 6, 1940.[1]
Gladiolus was involved in the sinking of the Type I U-boat U-26 on July 1, 1940.[1] She received partial credit for the sinking of U-556 southwest of Iceland on June 17, 1941. Gladiolus was torpedoed and sunk by U-558 on October 17, 1941, while escorting convoy SC-48. At the time, she was under the command of Lieutenant Commander H. M. C. Sanders.
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- ^ a b c Paul Bevand. "Dick Turner's Wartime memories - Part 2: Wartime service after leaving H.M.S. Hood", BBC, 28 January 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.
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