ROYAL NAVY SOUTH ATLANTIC COMMAND - ROYAL NAVY A B 36 SHIPS
13)ASTER (CORVETTE)
Photo. www.navsource.org Above PG 93 USS Intensity
Completed: 1940
Displacement: 940 tons full 1,180 tons
Length: 62,48 meters
Beam: 10,06 meters
Draught: 4,04 meters
Armament: 1 × 102mm, 1 × 40mm , 4-6 × 20mm / 12.7mm, ASW (0-1×hedgehog, 1-2×DCL, 1-2×DCR)
Propulsion: 2 × S.E cylindrical boilers, 1 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines @ 2750 hp, 1 (shaft)
Speed: 16 kts
Complement: 85
Some activities performed at the south Atlantic station by HMS Aster.
Thursday, 15th January 1942
ASTER departed Simonstown at 1110 G.M.T. for Capetown.
ASTER arrived at 1655 G.M.T. at Capetown.
Tuesday, 27th January 1942
ASTER departed Capetown at 1448 G.M.T. for Durban by inshore route, speed of advance 12 knots.
Friday, 30th January 1942
ASTER arrived Durban at 1235Z.
Fate: Mined on 6 May 1942 in Courrier Bay, Madagascar at 12-12S, 49-19E. Foundered the following day while under tow.
