H.M.S. Jessamine (1915)

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H.M.S. Jessamine (1915)
Pendant Number: T.43 (Sep, 1915)
T.47 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: May, 1915[3]
Launched: 9 Sep, 1915[4]
Sold: 21 Dec, 1922[5]

H.M.S. Jessamine was one of twelve Azalea Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Late on 25 April, 1918, Jessamine dropped depth charges and sank the German submarine U 104, which had been damaged earlier in the day by attacks from the Ame4rican destroyer Cushing.[6]

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. Wikipedia page on U-104.
  7. Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
  8. Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
  9. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 823.
  11. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.

Bibliography


Azalea Class Sweeping Sloop
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