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sister-ship Clematis 1940

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Buttercup	K193		Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK	12.1940	21.3.1941	4/1942	to United Kingdom 1944 (Buttercup)
Godetia (ex-Dart)	K226		Crown, Sunderland, UK	1.1941	24.9.1941	2/1942	to United Kingdom 1944 (Godetia)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	925
Displacement full, t	1170
Length, m	57.9 pp 62.5 oa
Breadth, m	10.1
Draught, m	4.14 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2750
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 230 (Godetia later 337)
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(12)
Armament	Godetia: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40) Buttercup: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40), mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	type 271 radar, type 128 sonar
Complement	85 - 109

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Project history

British Flower-class corvettes manned by Belgian crews during WWII.

Modernizations

1943 - 1944, both: had light AA armament consisted of (1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV) or (1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV) or 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or (2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV). ASW armament consisted of 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL (on some ships), 4 DCT and 2 DCR (up to 72 DC).

Naval service

No significant events.