H.M.S. Cornflower (1916)

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H.M.S. Cornflower (1916)
Pendant Number: T.64 (Jan, 1916)
T.24 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Barclay Curle[2]
Ordered: Jul, 1915[3]
Launched: 30 Mar, 1916[4]
Lost: 19 Dec, 1941[5]
Fate: at Hong Kong

H.M.S. Cornflower was one of thirty-six Arabis Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Cornflower was re-commissioned at Malta on 2 March, 1925.[6]

Cornflower paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 26 January, 1927.[7] She was commissioned at the end of the year, on 29 December, 1927 for service on the China Station.[8]

She re-commissioned on 22 April, 1929 for service on the China Station.[9]

She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 16 October, 1931 for service on the China Station.[10]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 228.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 227.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 224.
  11. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392s.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 766.
  13. Steele Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/802. f. 803.
  14. Steele Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/802. f. 803.
  15. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  16. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 742.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 228.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 228.
  20. Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 224.

Bibliography


Arabis Class Sweeping Sloop
Alyssum Amaryllis Arabis Asphodel Berberis
Buttercup Campanula Celandine Cornflower Crocus
Cyclamen Delphinium Genista Gentian Geranium
Gladiolus Godetia Hydrangea Lobelia Lupin
Marguerite Mignonette Myosotis Nasturtium Nigella
Pansy Pentstemon Petunia Poppy Primula
  Rosemary Snapdragon Valerian  
  Verbena Wallflower Wistaria