| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Zinnia |
| Ordered: | 31 August 1939 |
| Builder: | Smiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough |
| Laid down: | 20 August 1940 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 30 March 1941 |
| Out of service: | Sunk on 23 August 1941 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K98 |
| Fate: | Sunk by German submarine U-564 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 940 tons |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 85 |
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HMS Zinnia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.
She was built at Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, launched on 28 November 1940 and commissioned on 30 March 1941.
She protected convoys in the North Atlantic during the Second World War as part of the Battle of the Atlantic. On 23 August 1941, while escorting Convoy OG 71, she was hit by a torpedo from U-564, commanded by Reinhard Suhren, exploded and sank west of Portugal at 40°25′N 10°40′W / 40.417°N 10.667°W.
See also
- Zinnia (A961), an ancient Belgian military boat