French Corvette Aconit
Aconit (formerly HMS Aconite) was one of the nine Flower-class corvettes lent by the Royal Navy to the Force Navales Françaises Libres (Free French Naval Forces). During World War II, she escorted 116 convoys, spending 728 days at sea. She was awarded the Croix de la Libération and the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945, and was cited by the British Admiralty.
From 1947 to 1964 she was used as whaling ship for three different companies.
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