HMS Mallow (K81)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Mallow.
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Mallow |
| Ordered: | 19 September 1939 |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Yard number: | 1065[1] |
| Laid down: | 14 November 1939 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1940 |
| Completed: | 2 July 1940[1] |
| Commissioned: | 2 July 1940 |
| Out of service: | Loaned to the Yugoslav Royal Navy on 11 January 1944 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K81 |
| Career (Yugoslavia) |  |
| Name: | Nada |
| Acquired: | 11 January 1944 |
| Career (SFR Yugoslavia) |  |
| Name: | Nada |
| Out of service: | Returned to the Royal Navy in 1948 |
| Renamed: | Partizanka in 1946 |
| Career (Egypt) |  |
| Name: | El Sudan |
| Acquired: | 28 October 1948 |
| Fate: | Deleted from lists in 1982 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 940 tons |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two fire tube boilers one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6,500 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 men |
| Armament: |
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| Notes: | Pennant number K81 |
HMS Mallow was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. She also served in the Yugoslav Royal Navy and the SFR Yugoslav Navy under the names Nada and Partizanka, and the Egyptian Navy as El Sudan.
Post-war service
Towards the end of the Second World War HMS Mallow was transferred to the Yugoslav Royal Navy in exile, at their naval base in Valletta, Malta, and was renamed Nada. After the recognition of Tito's Partisans, the anti-fascist resistance movement in occupied Yugoslavia, the ship was renamed Partizanka and served in the SFR Yugoslav Navy after the war until 1948.
In 1948 HMS Mallow was returned to the Royal Navy and was transferred in the same year to the Egyptian Navy where she served as El Sudan.
References
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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