HMS Dianthus (K95)

A depth charge being loaded onto a depth-charge thrower aboard the corvette HMS Dianthus on 14 August 1942
History
United Kingdom
Builder	Henry Robb Ltd.
Laid down	31 October 1939
Launched	9 July 1940
Commissioned	17 March 1941
Out of service	May 1947
Fate	Scrapped 1969
Notes	[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × water tube boilers 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 4 inch BL Mk.IX single gun 2 × Vickers .50 machine guns (twin) 2 × .303 inch Lewis machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges

HMS Dianthus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 9 July 1940 from the Leith Docks on the Firth of Forth and named after the genus of flowering plants including Carnation, Pink, and Sweet William. The ship escorted trade convoys between Newfoundland and the Western Approaches through the Battle of the Atlantic wolf pack attacks of the winter of 1942–43.