HMS Stonecrop (K142)

HMS Stonecrop was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. She was named after the stonecrop flower (Sedum).

She was built at Smith's Dock, South Bank-on-Tees and launched on 12 May 1941. She was sold on 17 May 1947 and became a merchant ship Silver King.

During the war Stonecrop was a convoy escort and helped to sink two U-boats:
 * On 2 April 1943 she and HMS Black Swan sank U-124 with depth charges off the coast of Portugal.
 * On 30 August 1943 she and HMS Stork sank U-634 with depth charges in the North Atlantic east of the Azores.