HMS Gladiolus (K34)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Gladiolus
Ordered	25 July 1939
Builder	Smiths Dock Company, River Tees
Laid down	19 October 1939
Launched	24 January 1940
Commissioned	6 April 1940
Identification	Pennant number:K34
Fate	Sunk off Iceland on 16 October 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Propulsion	Two fire tube boilers; one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine;
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	85 men
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk IX gun,; 2 × .50 in (12.7 mm) twin machine guns,; 2 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis machine guns; 2 × stern depth charge racks with 40 depth charges;

HMS Gladiolus was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy, the first ship of her class.

She was laid down at Smiths Dock Company on the River Tees on 19 October 1939, launched on 24 January 1940, and commissioned on 6 April 1940. Gladiolus was active in the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II and spent most of her service career on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic. She was lost in action on 16 October 1941.

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