HNLMS Friso (K00)

HNLMS Friso, ex-HMS Carnation of the Flower class
History
Netherlands
Name	Friso
Namesake	Friso
Commissioned	16 October 1940
In service	26 March 1943
Out of service	4 October 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 tons
Length	62.5 m (205 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)
Draught	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2,800 hp (2,100 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	95
Armament	1 × 10.2 cm guns 4 × single 40 mm guns 2 × single 20 mm guns Depth charges

HNLMS Friso (K00) was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN).^[1] She was built in the United Kingdom originally for the Royal Navy (RN) as HMS Carnation.^[2] On 26 March 1943 the corvette was loaned to the RNLN in exchange for HNLMS Jan van Gelder.^[3] During her service in the RNLN she protected convoys and was placed under operational command of the RN.^[1] On 5 October 1944 Friso was returned to the RN.^[4]

Named after the Brinio-class gunboat Friso which was sunk in the defense of the Netherlands at the start of the Second World War, Friso was crewed by the surviving crew of the sunken minesweeper Jan van Gelder.^{[citation needed]}