page_title: HMS Aubrietia (K96)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Aubrietia (K96)
caption_attribution_description: English: This photograph shows Aubrietia, a flower-class corvette, fitted with depth charges. The photograph was taken in 1941 during her service as a convoy escort in the 3rd Escort Group. It was during this period that she depth charged the german submarine U-110, resulting its capture, together with its intact enigma machine and codebooks.
context_page_description: HMS Aubrietia (K96) was a Flower-class corvette built for the Royal Navy from 1941-1946. She was active as a convoy escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In May 1941, the Aubrietia sighted and depth charged the German submarine U-110, leading to its capture and the seizure of a German Naval Enigma and its Kurzsignale code book.
context_section_description: HMS Aubrietia (K96) was a Flower-class corvette built for the Royal Navy (RN) from 1941-1946.  She was active as a convoy escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In May 1941, the Aubrietia sighted and depth charged the German submarine U-110, leading to its capture and  the seizure of a German Naval Enigma (enigma machine) and its Kurzsignale code book.
caption: HMS Aubrietia (K96), 1941
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