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.
| [show]Overview of 28 vessels
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| Name
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Builder
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Laid Down
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Launched
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Completed
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Fate
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| Anchusa
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
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21 Apr, 1917
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Sunk 16 Jul, 1918
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| Bergamot
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
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5 May, 1917
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Sunk 13 Aug, 1917
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| Candytuft
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
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19 May, 1917
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Sunk 18 Nov, 1917
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| Ceanothus
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
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2 Jun, 1917
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Transferred May, 1922
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| Convolvulus
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Barclay Curle & Company
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19 May, 1917
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Sold 1 Dec, 1921
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| Eglantine
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Barclay Curle & Company
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22 Jun, 1917
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Sold 1 Dec, 1921
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| Spiraea
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William Simons & Company
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1 Nov, 1917
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Sold 6 Sep, 1922
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| Syringa
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Workman Clark & Company
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29 Sep, 1917
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Sold 31 Mar, 1920
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| Arbutus
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
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8 Sep, 1917
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Sunk 16 Dec, 1917
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| Auricula
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
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4 Oct, 1917
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Sold 1 Feb, 1923
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| Bryony
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
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27 Oct, 1917
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Sold 3 Apr, 1938
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| Chrysanthemum
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Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
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10 Nov, 1917
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| Coreopsis
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Barclay Curle & Company
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15 Sep, 1917
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Sold 6 Sep, 1922
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| Cowslip
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Barclay Curle & Company
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19 Oct, 1917
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Sunk 25 Apr, 1918
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| Dianthus
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Barclay Curle & Company
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1 Dec, 1917
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Sold 3 Jun, 1921
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| Gardenia
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Barclay Curle & Company
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27 Dec, 1917
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Sold 15 Jan, 1923
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| Gilia
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Barclay Curle & Company
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15 Mar, 1918
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Sold 15 Jan, 1923
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| Harebell
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Barclay Curle & Company
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10 May, 1918
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Broken up Dec, 1939
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| Ivy
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Blyth Shipbuilding
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31 Oct, 1917
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Sold Feb, 1920
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| Marjoram
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Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company
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26 Dec, 1917
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Wrecked Jan, 1921
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| Mistletoe
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Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company
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17 Nov, 1917
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Sold 25 Jan, 1921
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| Pelargonium
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William Hamilton & Company
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18 Mar, 1918
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Sold 25 Jan, 1921
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| Rhododendron
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Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
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15 Oct, 1917
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Sunk 5 May, 1918
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| Saxifrage
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Lobnitz & Company
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29 Jan, 1918
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Transferred 1921
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| Silene
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William Simons & Company
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12 Mar, 1918
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Sold 29 Dec, 1921
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| Sweetbriar
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Swan Hunter
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5 Oct, 1917
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Sold 7 Oct, 1927
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| Tuberose
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Swan Hunter
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16 Nov, 1917
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Sold 15 Jan, 1923
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| Windflower
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Workman Clark & Company
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12 Apr, 1918
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Sold 7 Oct, 1927
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See Also
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).
