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HMS ''Camellia'' was a that served in the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 14 November 1939, launched on 4 May 1940, and commissioned on 18 June 1940. ==Operational service== In January 1941 ''Camelia'' served as a rescue transport for five crewman of the merchant ship ''Ringhorn'' which had gone down in stormy weather. On 4 February 1941 ''Camellia'' and the destroyer ''Harvester'' picked up 121 survivors from HMS ''Crispin'', sunk by ''U-107'' (Korvettenkapitän Günther Hessler). On 7 March 1941, serving as escorts for convoy OB 293 escort south-east of Iceland, ''Camellia'' and her sister ship sank the German submarine ''U-70'' (Kapitänleutnant Joachim Matz), and possibly the elusive ''U-47'' (Oberleutnant Günther Prien) which was probably sunk the same day (other theories for the loss of ''U-47'' include mines or being struck by her own torpedoes). She was commanded by Lieutenant Charles Corneby from 6 June 1941 until August 1942, and by Lieutenant George Charlton from 29 July 1944 until the end of the war. On Christmas Eve 1941, she saw unknown action and lost an indeterminate number of sailors listed as "killed in action". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Camellia (K31)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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