IMPULSE PG 68

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

British Flower Class Corvette Keel Laid 1940 Launched September 18 1940 HMS BEGONIA K-66 (British Naval Service) Commissioned into the Royal Navy on 3 March 1941 Transferred to U.S. Navy March 16 1942 Redesignated Temptress Class Patrol Gunboat (PG) USS IMPULSE PG-68 Commissioned March 10 1942 - Decommissioned August 22 1945 Returned to the Royal Navy August 22 1945 SS BEGONLOCK (Commercial Service) Sold July 22 1946 and renamed SS FUNDICIONES MOLINAO (Commercial Service) Sold in 1949 to Luzuriag Shipyards of Abaltzisketa, Spain and renamed SS ASTILUZU (Commercial Service) Renamed 1951 SS MERO (Commercial Service) Acquired by Naviera Compostela S.A. in 1956 and renamed Ran aground 21 January 1970 off Almeria, Spain and foundered Scrapped in place.

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 7z

1943-09-29

Postmarked on another ship or ashore.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - An impelling force or impetus

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum