Thirty-six Arabis class sweeping sloops were completed for the Royal Navy early in the war.
| [show]Overview of 36 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Alyssum | Earle's Shipbuilding | 5 Nov, 1915 | Mined 18 Mar, 1917 | ||
| Amaryllis | Earle's Shipbuilding | 10 Sep, 1915 | Sold 30 Jan, 1923 | ||
| Arabis | D. & W. Henderson & Company | 6 Nov, 1915 | Sunk 10 Feb, 1916 | ||
| Asphodel | D. & W. Henderson & Company | 21 Dec, 1915 | Sold 16 Jun, 1920 | ||
| Berberis | D. & W. Henderson & Company | 3 Feb, 1916 | Sold 30 Jan, 1923 | ||
| Buttercup | Barclay Curle & Company | 24 Oct, 1915 | Sold 5 Feb, 1920 | ||
| Campanula | Barclay Curle & Company | 25 Dec, 1915 | Sold 6 Sep, 1922 | ||
| Celandine | Barclay Curle & Company | 19 Feb, 1916 | Sold 15 Jan, 1923 | ||
| Cornflower | Barclay Curle & Company | 30 Mar, 1916 | Lost 19 Dec, 1941 | ||
| Crocus | Lobnitz & Company | 24 Dec, 1915 | Sold Jul, 1930 | ||
| Cyclamen | Lobnitz & Company | 22 Feb, 1916 | Sold 2 Jul, 1932 | ||
| Delphinium | Napier & Miller | 23 Dec, 1915 | Sold 13 Oct, 1933 | ||
| Genista | Napier & Miller | 26 Feb, 1916 | Sunk 23 Oct, 1916 | ||
| Gentian | Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company | 23 Dec, 1915 | Mined 16 Jul, 1919 | ||
| Geranium | Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company | 8 Nov, 1915 | Transferred 1919 | ||
| Gladiolus | Charles Connell & Company | 25 Oct, 1915 | Sold 10 Mar, 1920 | ||
| Godetia | Charles Connell & Company | 8 Jan, 1916 | Handed over 26 Feb, 1937 | ||
| Hydrangea | Charles Connell & Company | 2 Mar, 1916 | Sold 7 Apr, 1920 | ||
| Lobelia | William Simons & Company | 7 Mar, 1916 | Sold Mar, 1920 | ||
| Lupin | William Simons & Company | 31 May, 1916 | Sold 22 Mar, 1946 | ||
| Marguerite | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 23 Nov, 1915 | Transferred 1919 | ||
| Mignonette | Dunlop Bremner & Company | 26 Jan, 1916 | Mined 17 Mar, 1917 | ||
| Myosotis | Bow, McLachlan & Company | 4 Apr, 1916 | Sold 30 Jan, 1923 | ||
| Nasturtium | Archibald McMillan & Son | 21 Dec, 1915 | Mined 27 Apr, 1916 | ||
| Nigella | William Hamilton & Company | 10 Dec, 1915 | Sold 29 Nov, 1922 | ||
| Pansy | William Hamilton & Company | 1 Feb, 1916 | Sold 12 Jan, 1920 | ||
| Pentstemon | Workman Clark & Company | 5 Feb, 1916 | Sold 20 Apr, 1920 | ||
| Petunia | Workman Clark & Company | 3 Apr, 1916 | Sold 15 Dec, 1922 | ||
| Poppy | Swan Hunter | 9 Nov, 1915 | Sold 9 Apr, 1923 | ||
| Primula | Swan Hunter | 6 Dec, 1915 | Sunk 1 Mar, 1916 | ||
| Rosemary | Richardson, Duck & Company | 22 Nov, 1915 | Sold 17 Dec, 1946 | ||
| Snapdragon | Ropner & Sons | 21 Dec, 1915 | Sold 4 May, 1934 | ||
| Valerian | Charles Rennoldson & Company | 21 Feb, 1916 | Foundered 22 Oct, 1926 | ||
| Verbena | Blyth Shipbuilding | 9 Nov, 1915 | Sold 13 Oct, 1933 | ||
| Wallflower | Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 8 Nov, 1915 | Sold 28 Aug, 1931 | ||
| Wistaria | Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 7 Dec, 1915 | Sold 18 Jan, 1931 | ||
