HMS Coltsfoot (K140) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
[1] From June 1941 until July 1943, her commander was William Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke.
[2] On 15 December 1941, she assisted the crew of the sunken ship SS Empire Barracuda after the Barracuda was torpedoed by U-77 under the command of Heinrich Schonder and sunk at 35°30′N 06°17′W while on a voyage from Gibraltar to Cape Town and Suez.
Thirty eight crew members and one DEMS gunner were rescued by HMS Coltsfoot and landed at Gibraltar.
[3] In August 1942, the ship participated in Operation Pedestal, a British convoy to supply Malta.