HMS Cowslip (K196)

HMS Cowslip (K196) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

[1][2] The ship spent much of the war in convoy escort and anti-submarine duties during the Battle of the Atlantic.

[3] The ship was ordered 8 April 1940, laid down 16 January 1941 and built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast.

[1] On 30 October 1942, together with a merchant ship, Cowslip rescued some 78 crewman and 7 gunners who were survivors from the Président Doumer, sunk by the German submarine U-604.

[6][7] Cowslip was sold in July 1948 and scrapped at Troon in April 1949.