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Name Official number Flag IMO
ALYSSUM    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1941  03/03/1941  17/06/1941 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Corvette  Steel Screw Steamer 1 Mast 
Builder Yard Yard no
George Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd, Greenock Garvel Shipyard  218 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 925 disp 205 ft oa  33 ft    14 ft 10in 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
1 shaft VTE, 2 scotch cylindrical boilers, oil, 2750ihp giving 16 knots 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Admiralty     
Other names
1941 FFL ALYSSE 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1941 loaned to Free French Navy 
Vessel history
Corvette, Flower Class - K.100 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1942  Torpedoed 09/02/1942 
Disposal Detail
9/2/1942 she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic by U-654 while escorting convoy ON-60. Her bow was blown off and 36 of her crew were lost with the ship.  
 

 

Alysse with Aconit
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Alysse at St Pierre
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Alysse
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