HMS Mignonette (K38)

HMS Mignonette was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an escort ship in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Background
The ship was commissioned on 31 August 1939 by Hall, Russell & Company from Aberdeen in Scotland.

War service
On 7 February 1943, HMS Mignotte along with HMS Campanula (K18) rescued 37 survivors from the merchant ship Afrika, which had been torpedoed by the GS U-402. On 15 July 1943 she contributed to the sinking of GS U-135 (1941) alongside HMS Rochester (L50) and HMS Balsam (K72). On 21 January 1945 she helped sink GS U-1199 alongside the destroyer HMS Icarus (D03).

Fate
She was sold in 1946. In 1948, she became the merchant ship Alexandrouplis. That same year, on 30 November 1948, she was lost at sea.