HMS Cowslip (K196) was a that served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship spent much of the war in convoy escort and anti-submarine duties during the Battle of the Atlantic.
Construction The ship was ordered 8 April 1940, laid down 16 January 1941, and built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. She was launched 28 May 1941 and commissioned 9 August 1941.
Career On 29 October 1942, Cowslip rescued 50 survivors from the refrigerated cargo ship . The next day, Cowslip and the Norwegian cargo ship Alaska rescued 85 survivors from the troopship Président Doumer, which had been sunk by .
On 30 September 1942, she rescued 50 survivors from the water from the sunken .
Cowslip was sold in July 1948, and scrapped at Troon in April 1949.
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