HMS Godetia (K226)
 HMS Godetia underway. | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Name: | HMS Godetia, originally Dart |
| Ordered: | 24 August 1940 |
| Builder: | John Crown & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, England |
| Laid down: | 15 January 1941 |
| Launched: | 24 September 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 23 February 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | October 1945 |
| Out of service: | Transferred to the Royal Navy Belgian Section |
| Reinstated: | Returned to the Royal Navy |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1947 |
 Belgium
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| Name: | HMS Godetia |
| Acquired: | 12 February 1942 |
| Out of service: | 16 December 1944 |
| Fate: | Returned to the Royal Navy |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,015 long tons (1,031 t) (standard) |
| Length: | 208 ft 3 in (63.47 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 1 in (10.08 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range: | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1 × Type 123A ASDIC |
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HMS Godetia (pennant number: K226; originally named HMS Dart) was the second Flower-class corvette with that name built for the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War as part of the Section Belge of the Royal Navy (RNSB). With the liberation of Belgium in late 1944, the vessel was returned to the United Kingdom. In common with other Flower-class corvettes, the ship was named after an eponymous flower.
Royal Navy Belgian Section
On 12 February 1942, Godetia was transferred by the Royal Navy to the newly formed naval branch of the Belgian forces in exile, the Royal Navy, Section Belge (RNSB).[1] Godetia served around the Atlantic coast of the USA and the Antilles in 1942, before serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean in 1943.[1] She was involved in the operations in the English Channel during Operation Overlord.[1] From April 1942 to May 1945, Godetia escorted 70 separate convoys.[2]
On 16 December 1944, Godetia was re-transferred back to the Royal Navy.[1]
In recognition of the role of Godetia's role during the Second World War, the Belgian navy currently operates a ship with the same name.
Royal Navy
Godetia continued to serve (with a British crew) in a convoy escorting role until October 1945 when she was decommissioned.[1] In 1947, she was scrapped.[1]
Notes
Bibliography
- 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.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
External links
- Don Kindell. "Flower-class corvettes, Royal Navy, Part 5 of 10". World War 2 at Sea - Convoy Escort Movements of Royal and Dominion Navy Vessels. naval-history-net.
- "Belgian corvettes". navypedia.org.
- "HMS Godetia (K226)" (in French). marine-mra-klm.be.
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