HMS ''Acanthus'' was a of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
.
Construction and design
''Acanthus'' was one of ten Flower-class corvettes ordered on 21 September 1939, in the fourth of a series of orders. She was
laid down
Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship.
Keel laying is one ...
at
Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Ailsa Shipbuilding Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Troon and Ayr, Ayrshire.
History
The company was founded in 1885 by Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa, along with Peter James Wallace and Alexander McCredie.
In 19 ...
's
Troon
Troon (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Truthail'') is a town and sea port in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon has a port with ferry and freight serv ...
shipyard on 21 December 1939, was
launched on 26 May 1941 and completed on 1 October 1941.
In 1942, the vessel was transferred to the
Norwegian armed forces in exile
The Norwegian armed forces in exile () were remnants of the armed forces of Norway that continued to fight the Axis powers from Allied countries, such as Britain and Canada, after they had escaped the German conquest of Norway during World War I ...
and became the Norwegian ship HNoMS ''Andenes''.
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Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy
1941 ships
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