Azalea class sloop

Azalea class sloop

The "Azalea" class of twelve minesweeping sloops were built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger "Flower Class", which were also referred to as the "Cabbage Class", or "Herbaceous Borders". The third batch of twelve ships to be ordered, in May 1915, they differed from the preceding "Acacia" class only in mounting a heavier armament, with either 4.7 inch or 4 inch guns instead of the 12-pounders of the earlier class.

They were single-screw Fleet Sweeping Vessels (Sloops) with triple hulls at the bows to give extra protection against loss when working.

Ships

* — built by Barclay Curle & Company, Whiteinch, launched 10 September 1915. Sold for breaking up 1 February 1923.
* — built by Barclay Curle, launched 26 August 1915. Became Q-Ship from 9 August 1917 as "Q10" (SS "Dolcis Jessop"), sunk in collision with German submarine "U.151" off Casablanca in Atlantic 2 October 1917.
* — built by Bow MacLachlan and Company, Paisley, launched 25 September 1915. Sold for breaking up 15 January 1923.
* — built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Greenock, launched 6 September 1915. Sold for breaking up 14 January 1922.
* — built by Greenock & Grangemouth, launched 29 July 1915. Sold for breaking up 5 February 1931.
* — built by Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew, launched 10 September 1915. Sold for breaking up 7 January 1935.
* — built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, launched 9 September 1915. Sold for breaking up 21 December 1922.
* — built by Lobnitz and Company, Renfrew, launched 11 October 1915. Mined in Gulf of Finland 16 July 1919.
* — built by Napier & Miller, Old Kilpatrick, launched 22 September 1915. Sold for breaking up 6 September 1922.
* — built by Archibald McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, launched 25 August 1919. Sold out of service 20 August 1910, becoming mercantile "Ardena".
* — built by McMillan, launched 7 October 1915. Sold for breaking up 15 January 1923.
* — built by Swan Hunter, launched 12 August 1915. Sold to Belgian Navy 19 April 1920, retaining same name.

References

* "Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I", Janes Publishing, 1919
* "The Grand Fleet, Warship Design and Development 1906-1922", D. K. Brown, Chatham Publishing, 1999, ISBN 1-86176-099-X


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