HMS Pink, a Flower-class corvette, served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Constructed by Henry Robb in Leith in 1941, it was named after the garden pink flower.

In anticipation of war with Nazi Germany in 1939, the Royal Navy recognized the need for more escort ships, especially to safeguard shipping off Britain’s east coast from Kriegsmarine U-boats. Smiths Dock Company proposed a solution: an adaptation of its 700-ton whale catcher, Southern Pride, to serve as small, swiftly producible convoy escorts.

Despite being intended for coastal convoys, their range led them to become crucial for convoy protection in the Mid-Ocean Escort Force during the war’s early stages. The original Flowers had a standard layout, with crew quarters in the forecastle and the galley at the rear, leading to subpar living conditions. Modified versions extended the forecastle past the bridge to improve crew gathering space and ship stability, a design known as the “long forecastle.”

During the Normandy Invasion on June 27, 1944, HMS Pink was on screening duty when an unidentified U-boat torpedoed and crippled it. Towed back to Portsmouth, it was deemed irreparable and scrapped in Llanelly in 1947.

THE PRINT
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STERLING SILVER 925
The edition comes with a Sterling Silver anchor (with a minimum millesimal fineness of 925) which is not pierced through the print but is available on request.