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Flower Class Shorts no 2: HMS Zinnia (& HMS Azalea)

Name: Flower Class Shorts no 2: HMS Zinnia (& HMS Azalea) (12 Oct 2020; 3 time notes)
Uploaded: 2020-10-12T17:00:02Z
Duration: 2 min 8 s
Description: Study Flower Class Shorts no 2: HMS Zinnia (& HMS Azalea), a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 12 Oct 2020, with 3 time notes. Topics include Belgian Navy, Flower Class Sloops, German Navy.

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Study Flower Class Shorts no 2: HMS Zinnia (& HMS Azalea), a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 12 Oct 2020, with 3 time notes. Topics include Belgian Navy, Flower Class Sloops, German Navy.

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Date12 Oct 2020

Runtime2:08

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Time notes

0:08
HMS Azalea, HMS Zinnia, and the Flower class
A photograph of HMS Azalea, the class nameship, introduces HMS Zinnia, an early Flower-class corvette-sloop whose career spanned both world wars.
Chapter
0:26
From HMS Zinnia to Barbara and Breidel
Royal Navy service ended with a 1920 sale to Belgium. Germany captured the ship in 1940 and renamed her Barbara before she returned to Belgian service as Breidel in 1945.
Notable Point
1:14
Zinnia, U-44, and the Begonia rescue
On 28 March 1916, Zinnia fired two shots at U-44 off Fastnet Rock. After the submarine torpedoed Begonia the next day, Zinnia and Snowdrop towed the damaged sloop to Queenstown.
Notable Point