H.M.S. Myrtle (1915)

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
H.M.S. Myrtle (1915)
Pendant Number: T.38 (Sep, 1915)
T.65 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Lobnitz & Company[2]
Ordered: May, 1915[3]
Launched: 11 Oct, 1915[4]
Mined: 16 Jul, 1919[5]

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

Service

Myrtle joined the First Fleet Sweeping Flotilla in mid-1916 and served in that formation until at least mid-1918.

After the war, she was part of the Mine Clearance Service until striking a mine in the Baltic on 16 July, 1919.

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. (October, 1916). p. 396e.
  7. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/25. f. 230.
  8. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  9. Ewbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/174. f. 218.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 850.
  11. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 150.

Bibliography


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