HMS Mallow (K81)
 HMS Mallow in January 1944
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Mallow |
| Ordered | 19 September 1939 |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Yard number | 1065 |
| Laid down | 14 November 1939 |
| Launched | 22 May 1940 |
| Commissioned | 2 July 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K81 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Royal Yugoslav Navy on 11 January 1944 |
 Yugoslavia | |
| Name | Nada |
| Acquired | 11 January 1944 |
| Out of service | 1945 |
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| Name | Nada |
| Acquired | 1945 |
| Renamed | Partizanka |
| Fate | Returned to the Royal Navy in 1949 |
 Egypt | |
| Name | El Sudan |
| Acquired | 28 October 1949 |
| Stricken | 1975 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 205 ft (62.5 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft 2 in (10.11 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) (deep load) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament |
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HMS Mallow was a
4-inch (102 mm) Mk IX naval gun, although a significant number of secondary and anti-aircraft guns were added towards the end of the war. During the war she escorted a total of 80 convoys whilst in British service, sinking one German U-boat, and escorted another 18 convoys whilst in Yugoslav service. After the war she served in the fledgling Yugoslav Navy as Nada then Partizanka, before being returned to the Royal Navy in 1949. Later that year she was transferred to the Egyptian Navy in which she served as El Sudan until she was decommissioned
in 1975.
Design, description and construction
The
Smiths Dock Company which was based on their whaling ship Southern Pride, but lengthened by 9.1 metres (30 ft). Many ships of the class were modified while they were under construction, or as the opportunity presented itself during service.[1]
Mallow had an
kW). The engine drove a single propeller and Mallow could reach a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). She carried 230 long tons (230 t) of fuel oil, which gave her a range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).[2][3]
The ship was armed with a single
aft of the main gun, and had a Type 271 radar fitted on the rear of her bridge.[7] By 1945, Mallow's armament had been further enhanced with two 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns.[1]
Mallow was built by the firm of
Lieutenant Commander William Brown Piggott.[10]
Career
Mallow was quickly put into service as a
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order for "skill and enterprise in dealing with submarines" whilst commanding Mallow.[15]
During 1942, Mallow escorted 15 convoys, again mainly to and from Liverpool, and escorted the same number in 1943,Navy List.[18]
In early 1944, Mallow was transferred to the Royal Yugoslav Navy-in-exile and renamed Nada.[19] She sailed with a reduced crew in convoy OS 68/KMS 42 which departed Liverpool on 12 February and arrived at Gibraltar on 25 February. Nada then commenced escort duties in May, conducting a total of 17 convoy escorts between Gibraltar and Port Said, Egypt, to October. During her final escort of 1944, she was detached from convoy KMS 66 as her crew was not considered "politically reliable" because they were not aligned with Josip Broz Tito's Partisan forces. She is recorded as participating in one escort in early February 1945.[20] After the conclusion of the war, Nada was taken over by the fledgling Yugoslav Navy and renamed Partizanka. In 1949, she was returned to the Royal Navy and reverted to HMS Mallow.[19] The requirement to return Partizanka was a painful blow to the Yugoslavs, as she was one of few modern warships in service with them at the time.[21] On 28 October 1949, Mallow was transferred to the Egyptian Navy where she served as El Sudan.[22] By 1971 she was one of the last ships of her class in use.[23] She remained in service until 1975, latterly in a training role, and was decommissioned in that year.[22]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Chesneau 1980, p. 63.
- ^ a b c Chesneau 1980, p. 62.
- ^ a b c Macpherson & Milner 1993, p. 89.
- ^ Blackman 1953, p. 184.
- ^ Lenton 1998, pp. 271–272.
- ^ Friedman 2008, p. 137.
- ^ Wright 2014, p. 103.
- ^ McCluskie 2013, p. 148.
- ^ Lenton 1998, p. 275.
- ^ a b c Hague 2017a.
- ^ Rohwer 2005, pp. 104, 109.
- ^ Blair 2000, pp. 391–393.
- ^ Daily Commercial News and Shipping List 12 January 1944.
- ^ Rohwer & Hümmelchen 1992, p. 227.
- ^ a b Chesneau 1980, p. 358.
- ^ Hague 2017b.
- ^ Gardiner 1995, p. 641.
- ^ a b Gardiner 1995, p. 86.
- ^ McIvor 1994, p. 102.
References
- "Awards to Members of the P. & O. Staff". Daily Commercial News and Shipping List. No. 17, 153. New South Wales, Australia. 12 January 1944. p. 4 (Supplement to "Daily Commercial News and Shipping List."). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1953). Jane's Fighting Ships 1953–54. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc.
- Blair, Clay (2000). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942. London, United Kingdom: Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-35260-8.
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London, United Kingdom: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-146-5.
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates : The Second World War and After. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London, United Kingdom: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7.
- Hague, Arnold (2017a). "HMS Mallow on the Arnold Hague database". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- Hague, Arnold (2017b). "Nada on the Arnold Hague database". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Macpherson, Ken; Milner, Marc (1993). Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939–1945. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell. ISBN 978-0-920277-83-6.
- McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud, United Kingdom: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-8861-5.
- McIvor, Aidan (1994). A History of the Irish Naval Service. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-2523-3.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Rev. ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- ISBN 978-1-55750-105-9.
- "The Navy List". National Library of Scotland. December 1940. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- "The Navy List". National Library of Scotland. August 1941. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- "The Navy List". National Library of Scotland. June 1943. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- "The Navy List". National Library of Scotland. December 1943. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- Wright, Malcolm George (2014). British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII: Destroyers, Frigates, Sloops, Escorts, Minesweepers, Submarines, Coastal Forces and Auxiliaries. Barnsley, United Kingdom: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-273-8.
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