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