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Article: When Belfast 'Flower Power' ruled the waves.(Entertainment)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- August 3, 2006
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THIS coming Sunday, August 6, marks the launch date of HMS Gentian 66 years ago in 1940. At the time, Belfast was sprouting and blooming with "Flower Class' corvettes! The 700-ton charmingly named fighting ships slid down the slipways, one every fortnight, like a floating flower show: HMS Peony, Periwinkle, Hyacinth and Gentian preceded HMS Buttercup, Chrysanthemum, Broom and Cowslip. The new breed of boats budded beside the Lagan thanks to Winston Churchill who originally sowed the seed of the "Flower Class' corvette as an integral part of his naval war strategy.
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