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Upon her completion, ''Snowdrop'' joined the {{UK-SloopF|1}} in November, 1915.  She remained with them until December, 1918, when she was assigned to the {{UK-FSF|24}}.  She would carry that formation's Senior Naval Officer until some time in April when the flotilla was disbanded, after which she was paid off.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:55, 21 May 2018

H.M.S. Snowdrop (1915)
Pendant Number: T.40 (Sep, 1915)
T.80 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Archibald McMillan & Son[2]
Ordered: May, 1915[3]
Launched: 7 Oct, 1915[4]
Sold: 15 Jan, 1923[5]
H.M.S. Snowdrop was one of twelve Azalea Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Upon her completion, Snowdrop joined the First Sloop Flotilla in November, 1915. She remained with them until December, 1918, when she was assigned to the Twenty-fourth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla. She would carry that formation's Senior Naval Officer until some time in April when the flotilla was disbanded, after which she was paid off.

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. (August, 1917). p. 397z.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 909.

Bibliography


Azalea Class Sweeping Sloop
Azalea Begonia Camellia Carnation Clematis
Heliotrope Jessamine Myrtle Narcissus Peony
  Snowdrop Zinnia  
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