title: HMS Stonecrop (K142)
text: # 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.
  
  ## Service history
  
  During the Second World War Stonecrop was a convoy escort and helped to sink two U-boats. On 2 April 1943 she and the sloop Black Swan sank U-124 with depth charges off the coast of Portugal. Later that year on 30 August 1943 she and the sloop Stork sank U-634 with depth charges in the North Atlantic east of the Azores.
  
  Following the war she was sold on 17 May 1947 and became the merchant ship Silver King.
  
  