SPRY PG 64

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

British Flower Class Corvette Keel Laid 1941 by Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland for the French Navy Retained by Great Britain after the fall of France Launched April 6 1940 HMS HIBISCUS K-24 (British Naval Service) Performed convoy escort duty Transferred to U.S. Navy May 2 1942 USS SPRY PG-64 Commissioned Temptress Class Patrol Gunboat (PG) May 2 1942 Decommissioned August 20 1945 Returned to the Royal Navy August 26 1945 Struck from Naval Register September 17 1945 MADONNA (Commercial Service) Sold 1947 Compania Panamena Monagre S.A. of Panama and renamed. Converted 1947-1948 into a freighter suitable for general cargo, fruit and vegetables Sold 1949 to Borealis Transport A/S of Copenhagen Denmark Sold 1952 to Middle East Herrings Trading Company, Yarmouth England Sold 1955 to Metal Industries Co Ltd of Hong Kong for scrapping

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 9uz

1943-04-04

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous

 

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