HMS Camellia (K31)

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

In January 1941 Camelia served as a rescue transport for five crewman of the merchant ship Ringhorn which had gone down in stormy weather.

On 4 February 1941 Camellia and the destroyer Harvester picked up 121 survivors from HMS Crispin, sunk by U-107.

On 7 March 1941, serving as escorts for convoy OB 293 escort south-east of Iceland, Camellia and her sister ship Arbutus sank the German submarine U-70.

In 1948 she was sold for commercial service and renamed Hetty W Vinke.

Hetty W Vinke