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{{Infobox Shipship Careercareer

|Ship flag=[[Image:Naval Ensign of the {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom.svg|60px|RN Ensign]]naval}}

|Ship name=HMS ''Jonquil'', ''Lemnos'', ''Olympic Rider''

|Ship builder=Fleming and Ferguson

|Ship launched=9 July 1940

|Ship commissioned= 20 October 1940

|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: K68

|Ship fate=Sold to Greece, renamed ''Lemnos''. Sank in 1955 after a collision.

{{Infobox Shipship Characteristicscareer

|Ship class= [[{{sclass2|Flower class |corvette]]}}

|Ship displacement= {{convert|925 long tons|LT}}

|Ship propulsion=*1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine<br/>
*2 × fire tube Scotch boilers<br/>
*Single shaft<br/>2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)

|Ship speed= *{{convert|16|kn2,750|km/hihp|abbr=on}}

|Ship speed= {{convert|16|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
|Ship range= {{convert|3500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

|Ship sensors=*1 × SW1C or 2C radar<br/>
*1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar

|Ship armament=*1 × [[BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun|BL {{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|sigfig=4}} Mk.IX gun]]<br/>

*2 × [[Vickers .50 machine gun|Vickers .50 cal machine gun]] (twin)<br/>

*2 × [[Lewis Gun|Lewis .303 cal machine gun]] (twin)<br/>

*2 × Mk.II [[Depth charge]] throwers<br/>

*2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges

'''HMS ''Jonquil'' (K68)''' was a [[{{sclass2|Flower class corvette|Flower class]] [[corvette]]}} of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy]]. The corvette, named after the flower genus [[Narcissus (plant)|Jonquil]], served in the [[World War II|Second World War]].

Laid down by the company [[Fleming and Ferguson]] on 27 December 1939 and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 9 July 1940, ''Jonquil'' entered service on 20 October and assumed [[Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)|convoy]] responsibilities the following month.<ref name="NHRN">*Mason, Geoffrey B (2005), [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-20Cor-Flower-Jonquil.htm Chronologies of War Service of Royal Navy Warships: HMS Jonquil - Flower-class Corvette], naval-history.net. Retrieved 22 July 2009.</ref> Her first deployment was as an escort for Convoy WS.5A, bound for the West African port of [[Freetown]].<ref name="NHRN"/>

''Jonquil'' survived the war but was relegated to the reserve at [[Gibraltar]] from August 1945. Bought by [[Greece]] , the corvette becamewas therenamed ''Lemnos'' and was converted into a merchant vessel. Redesignated ''Olympic Rider'' in 1951, ''Jonquil'' sank after a collision with the ''Olympic Cruiser'' in the Antarctic in 1955.<ref name="NHRN"/>

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* Mason, Geoffrey B (2005), [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-20Cor-Flower-Jonquil.htm Chronologies of War Service of Royal Navy Warships: HMS Jonquil - Flower-class Corvette], naval-history.net. Retrieved 22 July 2009.