HMS Gentian (K90)
HMS Gentian - September 1941
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| Name: | HMS Gentian |
| Namesake: | gentian |
| Ordered: | 19 September 1939 |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff |
| Yard number: | 1070 |
| Laid down: | 20 April 1940 |
| Launched: | 6 August 1940 |
| Completed: | 22 September 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 20 September 1940 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K90 |
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| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 950 tons |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Installed power: | 2750 HP |
| Propulsion: | Reciprocating engine, 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Range: | 3500 nm. at 12 knots |
| Complement: | 85 |
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HMS Gentian was a Royal Navy Flower-class corvette that served in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
One of the first batch of wartime corvettes laid down, she served most of the time in the Western Approaches, escorting convoys across the North Atlantic with Escort Group B2 and was also on the Arctic runs to Murmansk and Archangel. In 1941 the ship was also involved in escort work out of Gibraltar and was one of the Royal Navy corvettes employed on escort duties during D-Day.
The ship was adopted by the residents of the Kington Urban and Rural Districts, during Warship Week, 29 November - 6 December 1941. The plaque presented to the ship is now in Kington Museum.
Western Approaches Command convoy's involving HMS Gentian
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