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HMS Buttercup

HMS Buttercup is documented as one physical Flower-class hull. Later transfers or renamings, where present, are attached as service identities rather than duplicate ships.

K193 · Flower class corvetteRoyal NavyWorld War II, PostwarVerified subject image
La corvette de classe Flower britannique HMS Buttercup (K193) ayant servi au sein de la Royal Navy Section Belge
La corvette de classe Flower britannique HMS Buttercup (K193) ayant servi au sein de la Royal Navy Section Belgesite Belgian Navy ( http://www.belgian-navy.be ) · CC BY-SA 3.0Image source
Hull / pennantK193
ClassFlower class corvette
NavyRoyal Navy
CountryUnited Kingdom

What is known about this ship

HMS Buttercup is documented as one physical Flower-class hull. Later transfers or renamings, where present, are attached as service identities rather than duplicate ships.

Class context: Flower class corvette

The Flower class was the mass-production corvette that carried a disproportionate share of early Allied convoy-escort and anti-submarine work during the Battle of the Atlantic. Its commercial-vessel ancestry allowed rapid construction in smaller yards that could not build destroyers or larger escorts.

This ship is recorded as a member of Flower class corvette. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. FLOWER corvettes (PRIMULA) ↗Navypedia · accessed 2026-09-19
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946Conway Maritime Press
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