HMS Mallow (K81)

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'''HMS ''Mallow''''' was a {{sclass2|Flower|corvette|1}} commissioned into the [[Royal Navy]] that served as a [[convoy]] escort during [[World War II]]; with the Royal Navy in 1940–1944, and with the [[Royal Yugoslav Navy]]-in-exile in 1944–1945. She was renamed '''''Nada''''' in Yugoslav service. Her main armament was a single [[BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun|{{convert|4|in|0|adj=on}} Mk IX naval gun]], although a significant number of secondary and [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns were added towards the end of the war. During the war, she escorted 80 convoys whilst in British service, sinking one German [[U-boat]] with the assistance of another ship, and escorted another 18 convoys whilst in Yugoslav service. After the war, she served in the fledgling [[Yugoslav Navy]] as ''Nada'' then '''''Partizanka''''', before being returned to the Royal Navy in 1949. Later that year, she was transferred to the [[Egyptian Navy]] in which she served as '''''El Sudan'''''. She did not see any action in the various conflicts in which Egypt was involved, and was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] in 1975.

'''HMS ''Mallow''''' was a {{sclass2|Flower|corvette|1}} commissioned into the [[Royal Navy]] that served as a [[convoy]] escort during [[World War II]]; with the Royal Navy in 1940–1944, and with the [[Royal Yugoslav Navy]]-in-exile in 1944–1945. She was renamed '''''Nada''''' in Yugoslav service. Her main armament was a single [[BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun|{{convert|4|in|0|adj=on}} Mk IX naval gun]], although a significant number of secondary and [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns were added towards the end of the war. During the war, she escorted 80 convoys whilst in British service, sinking one German [[U-boat]] with the assistance of another ship, and escorted another 18 convoys whilst in Yugoslav service. After the war, she served in the fledgling [[Yugoslav Navy]] as ''Nada'' then '''''Partizanka''''', before being returned to the Royal Navy in 1949. Later that year, she was purchased for the [[Egyptian Navy]] in which she served as '''''El Sudan'''''. She did not see any action in the various conflicts in which Egypt was involved, and was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] in 1975.

==Design, description and construction==

==Design, description and construction==