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''Acacia'' served in the [[Mediterranean Sloop Flotilla]] from at least November 1915{{SMNLDec15|p. 20}} to mid 1918,{{SMNLJun18|p. 22}} when this formation was renamed the {{UK-SloopF|12}}.  From July 1918 to December, ''Acacia'' she served first at [[Brindisi]] and then was moved to [[Malta]].  By January 1919, she was working with the {{UK-SloopF|13}}, part of the [[Egyptian Division]].  She left this work in May 1919.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 26 July 2022

H.M.S. Acacia (1915)
Pendant Number: M.26 (Feb, 1915)
T.00 (Sep, 1915)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 15 Apr, 1915[4]
Sold: Sep, 1922[5]
H.M.S. Acacia was one of twenty-four Acacia Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Acacia served in the Mediterranean Sloop Flotilla from at least November 1915[6] to mid 1918,[7] when this formation was renamed the Twelfth Sloop Flotilla. From July 1918 to December, Acacia she served first at Brindisi and then was moved to Malta. By January 1919, she was working with the Thirteenth Sloop Flotilla, part of the Egyptian Division. She left this work in May 1919.

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Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 93. The M pendants were changed to M (international) on 24 Apr 1915.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1915). p. 20.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (June, 1918). p. 22.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 391a.
  9. MacGill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/231. f. ?.
  10. Woollard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/235. f. 281.
  11. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 722.
  12. Woollard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/235. f. 281.

Bibliography


Acacia Class Sweeping Sloop
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Lily Mallow Honeysuckle Iris Jonquil
Laburnum Larkspur Lavender Lilac Marigold
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