Flower class (sloops)
The Flower class of the First World War was the name of a class of 120 ships of around 1250 t, which were built in large numbers on the British side according to merchant ship standards in order to compensate for weak points in the previous naval armament. The ships were used as minesweepers and later to secure convoy and anti-submarine defense . It was named after flowers or plants.
The class had five subclasses:
- Acacia class: 1st group of 24 ships, built in 1915 in two series of twelve ships, two war losses.
- Azalea class: 2nd group of 12 ships, built in 1915, two war casualties (the ships were slightly modified compared to the Acacia class).
- Arabis class: 3rd group of 44 ships, built in 1915 (eight for France), six war casualties.
- Aubretia class: 4th group of 12 ships, built in 1916, two war casualties.
- Anchusa- class: 5th group of 28 ships, built in 1917, six war casualties.
One of the ships, the HMS Saxifrage , which belongs to the Anchusa class, will still exist, renamed HMS President , in 2019.
literature
- Maurice P. Cocker: Frigates, Sloops, & Patrol Vessels of the Royal Navy 1900 to date , Westmorland Gazette, Kendal 1985, ISBN 0-90-2272-52-7 , pp. 16-22.
Web links
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