HMS Florizel (J404)

	HMS Florizel in 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Florizel
Ordered:	24 March 1942
Builder:	Associated Shipbuilders
Laid down:	27 January 1943
Launched:	20 May 1943
Commissioned:	14 April 1944
Out of service:	14 December 1946 sold to Greece
Renamed:	1947 merchant ship Aida; 1959 HNS Lasithi;
Identification:	Pennant number J404
Status:	1967 broken up at Messina
General characteristics
Class and type:	Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement:	945 tons
Length:	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam:	33 ft (10 m)
Draft:	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Propulsion:	2 x 1,710 shp (1,275 kW) Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines
Speed:	14.8 knots (27 km/h)
Complement:	104
Armament:	3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts; 2 × 20 mm gun mounts; 2 × Depth charge tracks; 5 × depth charge projectors;

HMS Florizel (J404), US pennant No. BAM-26, was an Auk-class minesweeper ordered by the US Navy to be supplied to the Royal Navy (RN) under Lend-lease. Florizel was built by Associated Ship Builders at Harbour Island, Seattle, Washington, United States and commissioned by the Royal Navy as Pennant No. J404. She was ordered 24 March 1942, laid down 27 January 1943, launched 20 May 1943 and commissioned 14 April 1944.

1944 Collision

Patch of HMS Florizel

On 10 December 1944 HMS Charlestown collided with Florizel off Harwich, England. Due to the Charlestown's advanced age — the keel was laid more than 26½ years earlier — and the pressing need for experienced crews on newer warships, the Royal Navy declined repairs. Florizel survived the encounter and returned to duty.[1]

Post war history

14 Dec 1946 Sold to Greece
1947 Renamed Merchant Ship Aida
(1952) Converted to a cargo ship
1959 Renamed HNS Lasithi
1967 Broken up in Messina

Other ships named Florizel

SS Florizel a passenger ship commissioned in 1909 and sank off of St. John's, Newfoundland.
SS Empire Florizel (169503) was a short lived UK transport ship launched 21 April 1943 and was bombed and sunk on 21 Jul 1943 off Augusta, Sicily.[2][3]

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References

"USS Abbot (DD 184) History". Abbot.us. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
"Convoy KMS 19 Malta-Augusta / Augusta-Malta". warsailors.com. 9 October 1943. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
"ss EMPIRE FLORIZEL built by Lithgows Port Glasgow Clydebuilt Ships Database". Clydesite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)

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[1] "USS Abbot (DD 184) History". Abbot.us. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

[2] "Convoy KMS 19 Malta-Augusta / Augusta-Malta". warsailors.com. 9 October 1943. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

[3] "ss EMPIRE FLORIZEL built by Lithgows Port Glasgow Clydebuilt Ships Database". Clydesite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)