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ANCHUSA convoy sloops (28, 1917 - 1918)
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Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate | Modification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchusa (Cashel, Winstree) | T01 | 917 | Armstrong-Whitworth, High Walker | 2.1917 | 21.4.1917 | 6.1917 | sunk 16.7.1918 | ordered 1.1917 |
| Bergamot | 918 | Armstrong-Whitworth, High Walker | 2.1917 | 5.5.1917 | 7.1917 | sunk 13.8.1917 | ordered 1.1917 | |
| Candytuft (Pavitt) | T17 | 919 | Armstrong-Whitworth, High Walker | 2.1917 | 19.5.1917 | 8.1917 | sunk 18.11.1917 | ordered 1.1917 |
| Convolvulus (Abney, Manton) | T23 | 551 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch | 1917 | 19.5.1917 | 1917 | sold 12.1921 | ordered 1.1917 |
| Ceanothus (Caird, Linksman), 5.1922- Elphinstone (5/1922- RIM) | T19 | 920 | Armstrong-Whitworth, High Walker | 2/1917 | 2.6.1917 | 9/1917 | wrecked 29.1.1925 | ordered 1.1917 |
| Eglantine (Aldwych, Hickory) | T31 | 552 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch | 1917 | 22.6.1917 | 1917 | sold 12.1921 | ordered 1.1917 |
| Syringa | T3A, T83 | Workman Clark, Belfast | 1917 | 29.9.1917 | 1917 | to Egypt 3.1920 (السلوم [Sollum]) | ordered 1.1917 | |
| Spiraea (Airblast, Caleb) | T81 | 609 | Simons, Renfrew | 1917 | 1.11.1917 | 11/1917 | sold 9.1922 | ordered 1.1917 |
| Arbutus (Sprigg) | T94 | 926 | Armstrong-Whitworth, High Walker | 1917 | 8.9.1917 | 11.1917 | sunk 16.12.1917 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Coreopsis (Beardsley, Bigott) | T93 | 555 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch | 1917 | 15.9.1917 | 1917 | sold 9.1922 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Auricula (Hempseed) | T98 | 927 | Armstrong-Whitworth, High Walker | 5/1917 | 4.10.1917 | 12/1917 | sold 2.1923 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Sweetbriar (Ayres, Brangwyn) | T83 | 1042 | Swan Hunter, Low Walker | 1917 | 5.10.1917 | 11/1917 | sold 10.1927 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Rhododendron | T95 | 591 | Irvine, West Hartlepool | 1917 | 15.10.1917 | 2.1918 | sunk 5.5.1918 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Cowslip (Brigand) | T05 | 556 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch | 1917 | 19.10.1917 | 12.1917 | sunk 25.4.1918 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Bryony (Cookcroft) | T96 | 928 | Armstrong-Whitworth, High Walker | 7/1917 | 27.10.1917 | 12/1917 | sold 4.1938 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Ivy | T21 | Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay | 1917 | 31.10.1917 | 4.1918 | sold 2.1920 | ordered 2.1917 | |
| Chrysanthemum | T98 | 929 | Armstrong-Whitworth, High Walker | 7/1917 | 10.11.1917 | 2.1918 | target towing 5.1920, RNVR drill ship 1938 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Tuberose (Scatliff) | T2A | 1044 | Swan Hunter, Low Walker | 1917 | 16.11.1917 | 1.1918 | sold 1.1923 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Marjoram | T51 | 381 | Greenock & Grangemouth | 1917 | 26.12.1917 | 4.1918 | wrecked 1.1921 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Mistletoe | T99 | 382 | Greenock & Grangemouth | 1917 | 17.11.1917 | 5.1918 | sold 1.1921 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Dianthus (Dhoby) | 557 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch | 1917 | 1.12.1917 | 12.1917 | sold 6.1921 | ordered 2.1917 | |
| Gardenia | T11 | 558 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch | 1917 | 27.12.1917 | 1918 | sold 1.1923 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Saxifrage | T97 | 827 | Lobnitz, Renfrew | 1917 | 29.1.1918 | 3.1918 | RNVR drill ship 1921 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Silene | T67 | 610 | Simons, Renfrew | 1917 | 13.3.1918 | 3.1918 | sold 12.1921 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Gilia | 559 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch | 1917 | 15.3.1918 | 1918 | sold 1.1923 | ordered 2.1917 | |
| Pelargonium | T0A | 354 | Hamilton, Port Glasgow | 1917 | 18.3.1918 | 5.1918 | sold 1.1921 | ordered 2.1917 |
| Windflower | T1A | Workman Clark, Belfast | 1917 | 12.4.1918 | 1918 | sold 10.1927 | ordered 2.1917 | |
| Harebell | T03 | 560 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch | 1917 | 10.5.1918 | 1918 | BU 12.1939 | ordered 2.1917 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1290 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 1493 |
| Length, m | 80.0 |
| Breadth, m | 10.7 |
| Draught, m | 3.51 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 2500 |
| Max speed, kts | 17.5 |
| Fuel, t | coal 130 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(15) |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV or 2 x 1 - 102/44 BL Mk IX or 2 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk X, 2 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 2 DCT, 2 DCR |
| Complement | 119 |
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Project history
Similar to the Aubrietia type, and like them, varied according to the builders' ideas; Armstrongs had at least three designs, Barclay Curle at least two. When merchant ships were defensively armed many ships of these types received a dummy gun on the poop to maintain the disguise. In addition to concealed guns they had anti-submarine weapons, including depth-charges dropped through traps under the poop, and bomb-throwers of various types mounted on deck, usually behind breastworks where they could not be seen easily. The first six were ordered on 6 January 1917 (four from Armstrongs and two from Barclay Curle), followed by Syringa and Spiraea on the 13th and the remainder (Arbutus etc) on 21 February 1917, and they came into service between June 1917 and June 1918.
Modernizations
1930s, may be some: + type 121 or type 124 sonar
Naval service
Anchusa was sunk 16.7.1918 by German submarine U54 off W coast of Ireland. Bergamot was sunk 13.8.1917 by German submarine U84 in Atlantic. Candytuft was torpedoed 18.11.1917 by enemy submarine and stranded near Bougie, North Africa. Elphinstone wrecked 29.1.1925 at Nicobar Islands. Arbutus was sunk 16.12.1917 by German submarine UB65 in St. Georges Channel. Cowslip was sunk 25.4.1918 by German submarine UB105 off Cape Spartel. Marjoram was to become RNVR drill ship President in 1921 but wrecked in January, 1921 at Flintstone Head on passage to fit out. Rhododendron was sunk 5.5.1918 by German submarine U70 in the North Sea. Chrysanthemum was converted to target towing tender in May 1920 and became RNVR TS in 1938.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
