Difference between revisions of "Aubrietia Class Sloop (1916)"

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Twelve Aubrietia class sweeping sloops were completed for the Royal Navy in 1916 and 1917. In many sources, the name is spelled Aubretia.

Overview of 12 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Aubrietia	Blyth Shipbuilding		17 Jun, 1916		Sold 25 Oct, 1922
Heather	Greenock & Grangemouth		16 Jun, 1916		Sold 16 Feb, 1932
Salvia	Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company		16 Jun, 1916		Sunk 20 Jun, 1917
Tamarisk	Lobnitz & Company		2 Jun, 1916		Sold 17 Oct, 1922
Tulip	Richardson, Duck & Company		15 Jul, 1916		Sunk 30 Apr, 1917
Viola	Ropner		14 Jul, 1916		Sold 17 Dec, 1922
Andromeda	Swan Hunter		Jun, 1917		Transferred
Gaillardia	Blyth Shipbuilding		19 May, 1917		Mined 22 Mar, 1918
Hibiscus	Greenock & Grangemouth		17 Nov, 1917		Sold 18 Jan, 1923
Lychnis	Hamilton		21 Aug, 1917		Sold 1946
Montbretia	Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company		3 Sep, 1917		Sold 25 Jan, 1921
Polyanthus	Lobnitz & Company		24 Sep, 1917		Sold 25 Jan, 1921

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).

Aubrietia Class Convoy Sloop

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