White Ensign Models 1/700 HMS Buttercup 1942 Royal Navy Flower Class Minesweeper Kit (K723)

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White Ensign Models 1/700 HMS Buttercup 1942 Royal Navy Flower Class Minesweeper Kit (K723)
HMS Buttercup was launched on 10th April 1941 and completed on 24th April the following year, after being converted for the minesweeping role during construction. This conversion included the addition of an acoustic hammer on an A frame at the bow, and a LL sweep gear, which was a rubberised cable towed astern through which an electric current was passed to explode magnetic mines. On commission she joined the Section Belge of the Royal Navy, crewed by men of the Belgian Free Navy, allocated to Escort Group B5 based in Londonderry. She soon moved across the Atlantic to New York in order to bolster the U.S. anti-submarine effort until the U.S. Navy worked up to the standard of efficiency in this field that the R.N. had attained over the preceding two years. Buttercup returned to Liverpool in January 1943 to continue convoy escort duties until being withdrawn for refit to prepare her for her part in the Normandy invasion. Following this she returned to her escort duties before being transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy in December 1944 as the R.N.N. Nordkyn. She continued with escort work until May 1945, and on the 13th of that month sailed for Oslo, one of the first Norwegian ships to return home. She served with the R.N.N. until 1957, when she was sold into mercantile service. Buttercup was awarded the battle honours Normandy 1944 and Atlantic 1942-1945.

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