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HMS Willowherb (K 283)
ex-Vitality (PG 100)


British Flower Class Corvette/Temptress Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down for the U.S. Navy as Vitality (PG 100) at Midland Shipyard, United Kingdom; Turned over to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program; Launched, 15 April 1943; Commissioned HMS Willowherb (K-283); Returned to U.S. Navy custody, 11 June 1946; Turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal at Baltimore, MD; Sold in 1947; Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany in 1961.

Specifications: Displacement 925 t; Length 205' 2"; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5 kts; Complement 109; Armament one 4" gun mount, one 2-pounder gun mount, two 20mm guns, two dct, four dcp, one hedgehog dcp.


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