Azalea-class sloop
| Azalea-class | 
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|---|---|
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1250 tons |
| Length: | 255.25 (p.p.), 267.75 (o.a.) feet |
| Beam: | 33.5 feet |
| Draught: | 11.33 - 11.75 feet (max. draught) |
| Propulsion: | Machinery: 1 set 4-cylinder triple expansion. Boilers: 2 cylindrical. 1 screw. |
| Range: | Coal: 130 tons normal, 260 tons max. = about 2000 miles at 15 kts. |
| Speed: | Designed 17 kts |
| Complement: | 79 men |
| Armament: | Designed to mount 2 x 4.7 inch or 4 inch and 2 x 3 pdr. AA. A few had no 3 pdrs |
The Azalea class was a class of twelve minesweeping sloops 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 4.7in or 4in guns instead of the 12pdrs 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
- Azalea — built by Barclay Curle & Company, Whiteinch, launched 10 September 1915. Sold for breaking up 1 February 1923.
- Begonia — built by Barclay Curle, to Q-Ship Q10 (SS Dolcis Jessop), torpedoed in Atlantic October 06 1917
- Camellia — built by Bow MacLachlan and Company, Paisley, completed September 1915
- Carnation — built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Greenock, completed September 1915
- Clematis — built by Greenock & Grangemouth, completed July 1915
- Heliotrope — built by Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew, completed September 1915
- Jessamine — built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, Sept 1915,
- Myrtle — built by Lobnitz, lost in Baltic Sea 1919
- Narcissus — built by Napier & Miller, Old Kilpatrick, completed September 1915
- Peony — built by Archibald McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, sold out of service 1918
- Snowdrop — built by McMillan, completed October 1915
- Zinnia — built by Swan Hunter, completed August 1915
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