Azalea Class Sloop (1915)

Twelve Azalea class sweeping sloops were completed for the Royal Navy early in the war.

[show]Overview of 12 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Azalea	Barclay Curle & Company		10 Sep, 1915		Sold 1 Feb, 1923
Begonia	Barclay Curle & Company		26 Aug, 1915		Collision 2 Oct, 1917
Camellia	Bow, McLachlan & Company		25 Sep, 1915		Sold 15 Jan, 1923
Carnation	Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company		6 Sep, 1915		Sold 14 Jan, 1922
Clematis	Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company		29 Jul, 1915		Sold 5 Feb, 1931
Heliotrope	Lobnitz & Company		10 Sep, 1915		Sold 7 Jan, 1935
Jessamine	Swan Hunter		9 Sep, 1915		Sold 21 Dec, 1922
Myrtle	Lobnitz & Company		11 Oct, 1915		Mined 16 Jul, 1919
Narcissus	Napier & Miller		22 Sep, 1915		Sold 6 Sep, 1922
Peony	Archibald McMillan & Son		25 Aug, 1915		Sold 20 Aug, 1919
Snowdrop	Archibald McMillan & Son		7 Oct, 1915		Sold 15 Jan, 1923
Zinnia	Swan Hunter		12 Aug, 1915		Sold 19 Apr, 1920

Armament

• two 4-in QF Mk IV, BL Mk IX gun or 4.7-in QF Mk IV guns
• two 3-pdr (47 mm) H.A. (in most)

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).