| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 15 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 14 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 20 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 4 Jun 1940 |
| End service | 3 Apr 1942 |
| History | Transferred to the USN on 3 April 1942. |
| Career notes | To the United States Navy as USS Courage |
Commands listed for HMS Heartsease (K 15)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Edward John Robert North, RNR | May 1940 | Nov 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Francis Babington Proudfoot, RN | Nov 1940 | 10 Jul 1941 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. John Albert Baragwanath, RNR | 10 Jul 1941 | 2 Dec 1941 |
| 4 | Lt. George Charles Wilson Meldrum, RD, RNR | 2 Dec 1941 | early 1942 |
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Notable events involving Heartsease include:
15 Jun 1940
HrMs O 10 (Lt. G. Quint, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Portland together with HMS Heartsease (Lt.Cdr. E.J.R. North, RNR) and two minesweepers. (1)
22 Sep 1940
HMS Heartsease (Lt.Cdr. E.J.R. North, RNR) picks up 31 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Simla that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-100 west of Ireland in position 55°11'N, 17°58'W.
18 Oct 1940
HMS Heartsease (Lt.Cdr. E.J.R. North, RNR) picks up 9 survivors from the British merchant Thistlegarth that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-103 45 nautical miles west-north-west of Rockall in position 58°43'N, 15°00'W on 15 October.
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6374 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)