ROYAL NAVY SOUTH ATLANTIC COMMAND - ROYAL NAVY V W 16 SHIPS
3)VERBENA (CORVETTE)
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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
Sensors and processing systems: 1 × Type 271 RADAR from March 1941 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement: 85
14th November 1941
Escort Group 40 ships detached on arrival of Freetown Local Escort but remained with OS10. Detached from convoy during passage due to fuel shortage.
18th . Arrived at Freetown with awnings rigged as sails. 19th Deployed at Freetown for Local Escort and anti-submarine duty. Carried out search for reported U-Boat with three other corvettes.
28th. Joined HM Destroyers SOUTHWOLD and DULVERTON, HM Sloop MILFORD, HM Corvette HOLLYHOCK and HM Battleship ROYAL SOVEREIGN as escort for military convoy WS12Z during passage to Cape of Good Hope.
December 15th. Detached to refuel at Port au France and rejoined WS12Z. Detached from WS12Z and took passage to Simonstown. Retained in South Atlantic pending transfer to Eastern Fleet.
1 9 4 2. January 9th
Deployed at Cape Town. Provided Local Escort for military convoy WS14 with HMS HOLLYHOCK during passage in Cape area.
10th . Detached from WS14 and returned to Cape Town.
(Note: WS14 was taking troops reinforcements to Singapore)
February . Nominated for service in Indian Ocean as part of Eastern Fleet
4th. Sailed from Cape for Mauritius with call at Durban to refuel.
