HMS Marigold

Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Marigold, after the marigold flower.

HMS Marigold (K87)

HMS Marigold was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy.

Career

Marigold was launched from the yards of Hall, Russell & Company, of Aberdeen, Scotland on 16 November 1940. She went on to have an eventful career in a number of the theatres of the Second World War.

Timeline

7 May 1941 she picked up 19 survivors from the torpedoed British merchant SS Ixion 200 miles (320 km) south west of Reykjavík, Iceland.

16 November 1941 she engaged U-433 which sank at 2155hrs, after a sustained attack with depth charges and gunfire in the Mediterranean, 25 nmi (46 km) east of Gibraltar. Marigold picked up a number of survivors and took them to Gibraltar.

15 June 1942 she picked up 41 survivors from the British merchant SS Etrib, 20 survivors from the Norwegian tanker SS Slemdal and 29 survivors from the British merchant SS Thurso that had been torpedoed and sunk by U-552 380 miles (610 km) West of Corunna, Spain.

13 November 1942 she rescued 81 survivors from the British merchant SS Maron which had been torpedoed and sunk by U-81 off Oran, Algeria.