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Twenty-eight '''''Anchusa'' class convoy sloops''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] late in the war.  They varied considerably in the details between and even within builders.
Twenty-eight '''''Anchusa'' class convoy sloops''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] late in the war.  They varied considerably in the details between and even within builders.


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|-
! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 28 vessels
|-
| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
|-
! align=center | Name
! align=center | Builder
! align=center | Laid Down
! align=center | Launched
! align=center | Completed
! align=center | Fate
|- align=left
| {{UK-Anchusa}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|21 Apr, 1917
|
|Sunk 16 Jul, 1918
|- align=left
| {{UK-Bergamot}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|5 May, 1917
|
|Sunk 13 Aug, 1917
|- align=left
| {{UK-Candytuft}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|19 May, 1917
|
|Sunk 18 Nov, 1917
|- align=left
| {{UK-Ceanothus}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|2 Jun, 1917
|
|Transferred May, 1922
|- align=left
| {{UK-Convolvulus}}
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
|
|19 May, 1917
|
|Sold 1 Dec, 1921
|- align=left
| {{UK-Eglantine}}
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
|
|22 Jun, 1917
|
|Sold 1 Dec, 1921
|- align=left
| {{UK-Spiraea}}
|[[William Simons & Company]]
|
|1 Nov, 1917
|
|Sold 6 Sep, 1922
|- align=left
| {{UK-Syringa}}
|[[Workman Clark & Company]]
|
|29 Sep, 1917
|
|Sold 31 Mar, 1920
|- align=left
| {{UK-Arbutus}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|8 Sep, 1917
|
|Sunk 16 Dec, 1917
|- align=left
| {{UK-Auricula}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|4 Oct, 1917
|
|Sold 1 Feb, 1923
|- align=left
| {{UK-Bryony}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|27 Oct, 1917
|
|Sold 3 Apr, 1938
|- align=left
| {{UK-Chrysanthemum}}
|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]
|
|10 Nov, 1917
|
|
|- align=left
| {{UK-Coreopsis}}
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
|
|15 Sep, 1917
|
|Sold 6 Sep, 1922
|- align=left
| {{UK-Cowslip}}
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
|
|19 Oct, 1917
|
|Sunk 25 Apr, 1918
|- align=left
| {{UK-Dianthus}}
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
|
|1 Dec, 1917
|
|Sold 3 Jun, 1921
|- align=left
| {{UK-Gardenia}}
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
|
|27 Dec, 1917
|
|Sold 15 Jan, 1923
|- align=left
| {{UK-Gilia}}
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
|
|15 Mar, 1918
|
|Sold 15 Jan, 1923
|- align=left
| {{UK-Harebell}}
|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
|
|10 May, 1918
|
|Broken up Dec, 1939
|- align=left
| {{UK-Ivy}}
|[[Blyth Shipbuilding]]
|
|31 Oct, 1917
|
|Sold Feb, 1920
|- align=left
| {{UK-Marjoram}}
|[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]]
|
|26 Dec, 1917
|
|Wrecked Jan, 1921
|- align=left
| {{UK-Mistletoe}}
|[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]]
|
|17 Nov, 1917
|
|Sold 25 Jan, 1921
|- align=left
| {{UK-Pelargonium}}
|[[William Hamilton & Company]]
|
|18 Mar, 1918
|
|Sold 25 Jan, 1921
|- align=left
| {{UK-Rhododendron}}
|[[Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company]]
|
|15 Oct, 1917
|
|Sunk 5 May, 1918
|- align=left
| {{UK-Saxifrage}}
|[[Lobnitz & Company]]
|
|29 Jan, 1918
|
|Transferred 1921
|- align=left
| {{UK-Silene}}
|[[William Simons & Company]]
|
|12 Mar, 1918
|
|Sold 29 Dec, 1921
|- align=left
| {{UK-Sweetbriar}}
|[[Swan Hunter]]
|
|5 Oct, 1917
|
|Sold 7 Oct, 1927
|- align=left
| {{UK-Tuberose}}
|[[Swan Hunter]]
|
|16 Nov, 1917
|
|Sold 15 Jan, 1923
|- align=left
| {{UK-Windflower}}
|[[Workman Clark & Company]]
|
|12 Apr, 1918
|
|Sold 7 Oct, 1927
|}
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==Design & Construction==
==Design & Construction==
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name=Anchusa
name=Anchusa
launch=21 4 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=21 4 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Armstrong]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=16 7 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=16 7 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sunk
fate=Sunk
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name=Convolvulus
name=Convolvulus
launch=19 5 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=19 5 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=1 12 21{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=1 12 21{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sold
fate=Sold
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name=Spiraea
name=Spiraea
launch=1 11 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=1 11 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Simons]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[William Simons & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=6 9 22{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=6 9 22{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sold
fate=Sold
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name=Syringa
name=Syringa
launch=29 9 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=29 9 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Workman Clark]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Workman Clark & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=31 3 20{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=31 3 20{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sold
fate=Sold
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name=Arbutus
name=Arbutus
launch=8 9 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=8 9 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Armstrong]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=16 12 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=16 12 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sunk
fate=Sunk
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name=Coreopsis
name=Coreopsis
launch=15 9 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=15 9 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=6 9 22{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=6 9 22{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sold
fate=Sold
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name=Marjoram
name=Marjoram
launch=26 12 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=26 12 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Greenock & Grangemouth]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=1 21{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=1 21{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Wrecked
fate=Wrecked
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name=Pelargonium
name=Pelargonium
launch=18 3 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=18 3 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Hamilton]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[William Hamilton & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=25 1 21{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=25 1 21{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sold
fate=Sold
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name=Rhododendron
name=Rhododendron
launch=15 10 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=15 10 17{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Irvine]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=5 5 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=5 5 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sunk
fate=Sunk
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name=Saxifrage
name=Saxifrage
launch=29 1 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=29 1 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Lobnitz]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Lobnitz & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=1921{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=1921{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Transferred
fate=Transferred
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name=Silene
name=Silene
launch=12 3 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=12 3 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Simons]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[William Simons & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=29 12 21{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=29 12 21{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sold
fate=Sold
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name=Windflower
name=Windflower
launch=12 4 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
launch=12 4 18{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Workman Clark]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
builder=[[Workman Clark & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=7 10 27{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fatedate=7 10 27{{DittColl|p. 96}}
fate=Sold
fate=Sold

Latest revision as of 19:27, 25 April 2018

Twenty-eight Anchusa class convoy sloops were completed for the Royal Navy late in the war. They varied considerably in the details between and even within builders.

Design & Construction

Performance

Armament

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


Anchusa Class Convoy Sloop
Anchusa Bergamot Candytuft Ceanothus Convolvulus
Eglantine Spiraea Syringa Arbutus Auricula
Bryony Chrysanthemum Coreopsis Cowslip Dianthus
Gardenia Gilia Harebell Ivy Marjoram
  Mistletoe Pelargonium Rhododendron Saxifrage  
  Silene Sweetbriar Tuberose Windflower