| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 144 |
| Built by | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Richardson, Westgarth & Clark |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 12 Aug 1941 |
| Launched | 28 Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 8 Jul 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold on 31 March 1951 and became the merchantile Gerrit W. Vinke. |
Commands listed for HMS Meadowsweet (K 144)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Wesley Ernest Saunders, RNVR | 11 Aug 1942 | 6 Nov 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Phillip Stephen Mawrey, RNR | 6 Nov 1943 | early 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Wesley Ernest Saunders, RNVR | early 1944 | 10 Aug 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Charles Greville Jackson, RNR | 10 Aug 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Meadowsweet include:
21 May 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Borage (T/Lt.Cdr. A. Harrison, RNR), HMS Dahlia (T/Lt. M.S. Work, RNR), HMS Rockingham (Lt.Cdr. N.W. Duck, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt.
W.E. Saunders, RNVR) and HMS Monkshood (Lt. G.W. McGuiness, RNR).
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22 May 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Borage (T/Lt.Cdr. A. Harrison, RNR), HMS Dahlia (T/Lt. M.S. Work, RNR), HMS Rockingham (Lt.Cdr. N.W. Duck, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt.
W.E. Saunders, RNVR) and HMS Monkshood (Lt. G.W. McGuiness, RNR).
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24 May 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt.
W.E. Saunders, RNVR), HMS Monkshood (Lt. G.W. McGuiness, RNR), HMS Primrose (T/Lt. P.E. Kitto, RNR), HMCS Chambly (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR) and HMS Borage (T/Lt.Cdr. A. Harrison, RNR), HMS Dahlia (T/Lt. M.S. Work, RNR).
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1 Jul 1943
HMS H 34 (T/Lt. R.L. Willoughby, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt. W.E. Saunders, RNVR) and HMS Monkshood (Lt. G.W. McGuiness, RNR). (2)
7 Oct 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt. W.E. Saunders, RNVR) and aircraft. (3)
9 Oct 1943
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt. W.E. Saunders, RNVR). (4)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC, RN), conducted A/S exercises off Bombay with HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt. W.E. Saunders, RNVR) and HMIS Dipavati (T/Lt. A.J.C. Moore, RINR). (5)
6 Apr 1945
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) departed Fremantle for Colombo (later changed to Trincomalee). She made the passage together with the British corvette HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt. W.E. Saunders, RNVR).
For the daily positions of HMS Sirdar during this passage see the map below.
View MS Sirdar passage Fremantle - Portsmouth in a larger map (6)
Sources
- ADM 173/17782
- ADM 173/17796
- ADM 173/17787
- ADM 173/18449
- ADM 173/19408
- ADM 173/19700
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.