Arabis Class Sloop (1915)

Thirty-six Arabis class sweeping sloops were completed for the Royal Navy early in the war.

Overview of 36 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Alyssum	Earle's Shipbuilding		5 Nov, 1915		Mined 18 Mar, 1917
Amaryllis	Earle's Shipbuilding		10 Sep, 1915		Sold 30 Jan, 1923
Arabis	D. & W. Henderson & Company		6 Nov, 1915		Sunk 10 Feb, 1916
Asphodel	D. & W. Henderson & Company		21 Dec, 1915		Sold 16 Jun, 1920
Berberis	D. & W. Henderson & Company		3 Feb, 1916		Sold 30 Jan, 1923
Buttercup	Barclay Curle		24 Oct, 1915		Sold 5 Feb, 1920
Campanula	Barclay Curle		25 Dec, 1915		Sold 6 Sep, 1922
Celandine	Barclay Curle		19 Feb, 1916		Sold 15 Jan, 1923
Cornflower	Barclay Curle		30 Mar, 1916		Lost 19 Dec, 1941
Crocus	Lobnitz & Company		24 Dec, 1915		Sold Jul, 1930
Cyclamen	Lobnitz & Company		22 Feb, 1916		Sold 2 Jul, 1932
Delphinium	Napier & Miller		23 Dec, 1915		Sold 13 Oct, 1933
Genista	Napier & Miller		26 Feb, 1916		Sunk 23 Oct, 1916
Gentian	Greenock & Grangemouth		23 Dec, 1915		Mined 16 Jul, 1919
Geranium	Greenock & Grangemouth		8 Nov, 1915		Transferred 1919
Gladiolus	Charles Connell & Company		25 Oct, 1915		Sold 10 Mar, 1920
Godetia	Charles Connell & Company		8 Jan, 1916		Handed over 26 Feb, 1937
Hydrangea	Charles Connell & Company		2 Mar, 1916		Sold 7 Apr, 1920
Lobelia	William Simons & Company		7 Mar, 1916		Sold Mar, 1920
Lupin	William Simons & Company		31 May, 1916		Sold 22 Mar, 1946
Marguerite	Dunlop Bremmer		23 Nov, 1915		Transferred 1919
Mignonette	Dunlop Bremmer		26 Jan, 1916		Mined 17 Mar, 1917
Myosotis	Bow, McLachlan & Company		4 Apr, 1916		Sold 30 Jan, 1923
Nasturtium	Archibald McMillan & Son		21 Dec, 1915		Mined 27 Apr, 1916
Nigella	Hamilton		10 Dec, 1915		Sold 29 Nov, 1922
Pansy	Hamilton		1 Feb, 1916		Sold 12 Jan, 1920
Pentstemon	Workman Clark		5 Feb, 1916		Sold 20 Apr, 1920
Petunia	Workman Clark		3 Apr, 1916		Sold 15 Dec, 1922
Poppy	Swan Hunter		9 Nov, 1915		Sold 9 Apr, 1923
Primula	Swan Hunter		6 Dec, 1915		Sunk 1 Mar, 1916
Rosemary	Richardson Duck		22 Nov, 1915		Sold 17 Dec, 1946
Snapdragon	Ropner		21 Dec, 1915		Sold 4 May, 1934
Valerian	C. Rennoldson		21 Feb, 1916		Foundered 22 Oct, 1926
Verbena	Blyth Shipbuilding		9 Nov, 1915		Sold 13 Oct, 1933
Wallflower	Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company		8 Nov, 1915		Sold 28 Aug, 1931
Wistaria	Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company		7 Dec, 1915		Sold 18 Jan, 1931

See Also

• Wikipedia

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).