HMS Mignonette (K38)

HMS Mignonette was a that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Background
The ship was commissioned on 31 August 1939 by Hall, Russell & Company from Aberdeen in Scotland.

War service
On 7 February 1943, the HMS Mignotte along with the HMS Campanula (K18) rescued 37 survivors from the merchant Afrika, which was torpedoed by U-402. On 15 July 1943, she contributed to the sinking of U-135 alongside HMS Rochester (L50) and HMS Balsam (K72). On January 21, 1945, she helped sink U-1199 alongside the destroyer HMS Icarus (D03).

Fate
She was sold in 1946. In 1948, she became the merchant Alexandrouplis. That same year, on 30 November 1948, she was lost.