HMS Mallow was a Flower-class

Flower class corvette

The Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...

 corvette

Corvette

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 that served in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. She also served in the Yugoslav Royal Navy

Yugoslav Royal Navy

The Royal Yugoslav Navy was the navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.This navy existed since the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, which was changed in 1929 to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia...

 and the SFR Yugoslav Navy under the names Nada and Partizanka, and the Egyptian Navy as El Sudan.

Post-war service

Towards the end of the Second World War HMS Mallow was transferred to the Yugoslav Royal Navy

Yugoslav Royal Navy

The Royal Yugoslav Navy was the navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.This navy existed since the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, which was changed in 1929 to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia...

 in exile, at their naval base in Valetta, Malta

Malta

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, and was renamed Nada. After the recognition of Tito's Partisans, the anti-fascist resistance movement

Resistance movement

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 in occupied Yugoslavia, the ship was renamed Partizanka and served in the SFR Yugoslav Navy after the war until 1948.

In 1948 HMS Mallow was returned to the Royal Navy and was transferred in the same year to the Egyptian Navy where she served as El Sudan.