- HMS Zinnia (K98)
HMS "Zinnia" (K98) was a "Flower"-class corvette that served in the
Royal Navy .She was built at Smiths Dock,
South Bank-on-Tees , UK, launched on 28 November 1940 and commissioned on 30 March 1941.In
World War II she protectedconvoy s in the NorthAtlantic as part of theSecond Battle of the Atlantic . On 23 August 1941 while escorting convoy OG-71 she was hit by atorpedo from "U-564" commanded byReinhard Suhren , exploded and sank west ofPortugal at coord|40|25|N|10|40|W.External links
* [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/search3.php?query=Zinnia&Submit=Find+Vessel HMS "Zinnia" on the Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk.]
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