HMS Begonia (K66)

HMS Begonia (K66), underway at sea, September 1941
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Begonia
NamesakeBegonia
BuilderCook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Laid down25 July 1939
Launched24 April 1940
Commissioned3 March 1941
Decommissioned10 March 1942
IdentificationPennant number: K66
FateTransferred to United States Navy
United States
NameUSS Impulse
Commissioned10 March 1942
Decommissioned22 August 1945
IdentificationHull number: PG-68
FateReturned to Royal Navy
United Kingdom
NameHMS Begonia
NamesakeBegonia
Commissioned22 August 1945
FateSold into civilian service, 22 July 1946, wrecked 1970
General characteristics
Class & typeFlower-class corvette
Displacement925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
  • 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement85
Sensors &
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament

HMS Begonia was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II. In 1942 she was lent to the United States Navy and commissioned as USS Impulse. Returned to the Royal Navy in 1945, Begonia was stricken and sold into merchant service. She was wrecked off the coast of Spain in 1970.

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