HMS Zinnia (K98)

HMS Zinnia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.

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	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Propulsion	Two fire tube boilers one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine
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
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk IX gun, 2 × .50 inch (12.7 mm) twin machine guns, 2 × .303 inch (7.7 mm) Lewis machine guns 2 × stern depth charge racks with 40 depth charges

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.