HMS Marigold was a of the
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Marigold was launched from the yards of
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on 16 November 1940. She went on to have an eventful career in a number of the theatres of the Second World War.
7 May 1941 she picked up 19 survivors from the torpedoed British merchant SS Ixion 200 miles (321.9 km) south west of
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16 November 1941 she engaged U-433 which sank at 2155hrs, after a sustained attack with
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s and gunfire in the Mediterranean, 25 nmi (46.3 km) east of Gibraltar.