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Impulse (PG 68)
ex-HMS Begonia (K 66)



Impulse call sign:
November - Golf - Charlie - Mike


Impulse served the Navies of the Great Britain and the United States.

British Flower Class Corvette/Temptress Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down as HMS Begonia (K 66) by Cook, Welton, and Gemmill, Hull, England; Launched, 18 September 1940; Transferred to the U.S. Navy and commissioned USS Impulse (PG-68), 10 March 1942 at London, England; Decommissioned, 22 August 1945 at Harwich, England and returned to the Royal Navy; Sold 22 July 1946 and renamed Begonlock; Renamed Fundiciones Molinao in 1949; Renamed Astiluzu in 1951; Renamed Mero in 1956. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 925 t; Length 205' 2"; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5 kts; Complement 87; Armament one 4" gun mount, one 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm guns, two dct, four dcp, one hedgehog dcp; Propulsion steam.


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Impulse 72k c. 1941
Line drawing of HMS Begonia
Joe Radigan
Impulse 29k . Walter Laurence Welch
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