- Construction
- War service
- Fate
- References Sources
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= United Kingdom | United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name=HMS Sundew | Ship ordered= 21 September 1939 | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= J. Lewis and Sons Ltd., Aberdeen, Scotland | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= 4 November 1940 | Ship launched= 28 May 1941 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= 17 September 1941 – transferred to Free France | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= Pennant number: K57 | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Scrapped at Troon in 1948 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=France | Free French|naval}} {{shipboxflag|France|naval}} | Ship name=FFL Roselys | Ship namesake= | Ship acquired=17 September 1941 | Ship commissioned=19 September 1941 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship identification=K-57 | Ship fate=Returned to Royal Navy in 1947
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Flower|corvette}} (original) | 925|LT|t ST|lk=in}} | 205|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}o/a | 33|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 11.5|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=- single shaft
- 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
- 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
- {{convert|2750|ihp|abbr=on}}
| 16|kn|km/h|1}} | 3500|nmi|km|0}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|1}} | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=85 | Ship sensors=- 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
- 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
| Ship EW= | Ship armament=- 1 × BL {{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|sigfig=4}} Mk.IX single gun
- 2 x double Lewis machine gun
- 2 × twin Vickers machine gun
- 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
- 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
- initially with minesweeper equipment, later removed
| Ship armour= | Ship notes=
}} | Roselys (formerly HMS Sundew) was one of the nine {{sclass2-|Flower|corvette}}s lent by the Royal Navy to the Free French Naval Forces. She served as a naval escort in World War II. ConstructionThe vessel was ordered on 21 September 1939. She was constructed in Aberdeen by J. Lewis and Sons Ltd. Her keel was laid on 4 November 1940. The ship was assigned dock number 155. She was launched on 28 May 1941. The vessel was finally commissioned on 19 September 1941.[1][2] Other Flower-class ships in Free French service retained their original flower names translated into French. However, the French for sundew, rosée du matin (literally "morning dew"), was considered unsuitable and the girl's name Roselys ("Rose-Lilly") was used instead, perhaps with the intention of linking the English Tudor rose with the French fleur-de-lys.[3] War serviceOn 30 January 1942, Roselys spotted a U-boat about 400 yards from her. She turned towards the U-boat with the intention to ram it. The U-boat attempted to dive, but it was lightly rammed before it could submerge. As she passed over the U-boat, depth charges were dropped. The U-boat was probably only lightly damaged, and escaped back to port.[4][5] She was part of Convoy QP 13, and rescued 179 survivors on 5 July 1942 when several ships ran into naval mines. On 10 March 1943, she picked up 81 survivors from the British merchant Tucurina.[6] Roselys was one of nine Free French escort vessels which supported the Normandy landings on and after 6 June 1944, protecting the movement of landing and supply ships across the English Channel.[7] FateShe was returned to the Royal Navy in 1947. She was sold on 23 October 1947, and scrapped at Troon in May 1948.[8] References1. ^Friedman, Norman p. 341
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?searchFor=Sundew&index=99134|title=Aberdeen Ships {{!}} SUNDEW|last=|first=|date=|website=www.aberdeenships.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-04-18}}
3. ^Flohic 1985, p. 26
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/les-compagnons/79/andre-bergeret|title=André Bergeret, 1038 compagnons, Compagnons - Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération|website=www.ordredelaliberation.fr|access-date=2017-04-15}}
5. ^Showell, p. 54
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5554.html|title=FFL Roselys (K 57) of the Free French Navy - Free French Corvette of the Flower class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|language=en|access-date=2017-04-15}}
7. ^Auphan & Mordai 1959, p. 321
8. ^Lenton, H. T. & Colledge, J. J. p. 209
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- {{cite book | last1 = Preston |first1 = Antony | last2 = Raven | first2 = Alan | title = Flower Class Corvettes | year = 1982 | location = London | publisher = Arms and Armour Press | isbn = 0-85368-559-2}}
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