| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 210 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 3 Aug 1940 |
| Laid down | 30 Apr 1941 |
| Launched | 25 Jul 1941 |
| Commissioned | 23 Oct 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Thyme (K 210)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Alan Rochfort Mackay, RNZNVR | 7 Nov 1941 | 20 Feb 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. Henry Roach, RNR | 20 Feb 1942 | Aug 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Geoffrey Hubert Thornton, RNVR | Aug 1944 | 14 Dec 1944 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Evelyn Eastman, SANF(V) | 14 Dec 1944 | 19 Aug 1945 |
| 5 | R. A. Maran, RNR | 19 Aug 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Thyme include:
6 Nov 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. Baron D.T. Mackay, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Pladda (T/Lt. P.T. Lovelock, DSC, RNVR), HMS Shapinsay (A/Skr.Lt. W.S. Flowers, RNR), HMS Thyme (T/Lt. A.R. Mackay, RNZNVR) and HMS Lord Austin (Lt. N.P. McLeod, RNR). (1)
21 Sep 1942
HrMs O 19 (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bach Kolling, RNN(R)) departed East London for Simonstown. She was escorted by the British corvette HMS Thyme (Lt. H. Roach, RNR) (2)
Jun 1943
In mid-1943 she was escorting merchant traffic in the Freetown area
17 Aug 1943
The British merchant Empire Stanley is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-197 south-south-east of Cap Sainte Marie, Madagascar in position 27?08'S, 48?15'E. The British corvette HMS Thyme (Lt. H. Roach, RNR) later picks up 9 survivors and landed them at Durban on 29 August.
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6378 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- File 2.12.27.139 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)