HMS Begonia (K66)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Begonia.
HMS Begonia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II. In 1942 she was lent to the United States Navy and commissioned as USS Impulse. Returned to the Royal Navy in 1945, Begonia was stricken and sold into merchant service. She was wrecked off the coast of Spain in 1970.
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HMS Begonia (K66), underway at sea, September 1941 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Begonia |
Namesake | Begonia |
Builder | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley |
Laid down | 25 July 1939 |
Launched | 24 April 1940 |
Commissioned | 3 March 1941 |
Decommissioned | 10 March 1942 |
Identification | Pennant number: K66 |
Fate | Transferred to United States Navy |
United States | |
Name | USS Impulse |
Commissioned | 10 March 1942 |
Decommissioned | 22 August 1945 |
Identification | Hull number: PG-68 |
Fate | Returned to Royal Navy |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Begonia |
Namesake | Begonia |
Commissioned | 22 August 1945 |
Fate | Sold into civilian service, 22 July 1946, wrecked 1970 |
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) |
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Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
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