Azalea Class Sloop (1915)

Twelve Azalea class sweeping sloops were completed for the Royal Navy early in the war.

Overview of 12 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Azalea	Barclay Curle & Company		10 Sep, 1915		Sold 1 Feb, 1923
Begonia	Barclay Curle & Company		26 Aug, 1915		Collision 2 Oct, 1917
Camellia	Bow, McLachlan & Company		25 Sep, 1915		Sold 15 Jan, 1923
Carnation	Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company		6 Sep, 1915		Sold 14 Jan, 1922
Clematis	Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company		29 Jul, 1915		Sold 5 Feb, 1931
Heliotrope	Lobnitz & Company		10 Sep, 1915		Sold 7 Jan, 1935
Jessamine	Swan Hunter		9 Sep, 1915		Sold 21 Dec, 1922
Myrtle	Lobnitz & Company		11 Oct, 1915		Mined 16 Jul, 1919
Narcissus	Napier & Miller		22 Sep, 1915		Sold 6 Sep, 1922
Peony	Archibald McMillan & Son		25 Aug, 1915		Sold 20 Aug, 1919
Snowdrop	Archibald McMillan & Son		7 Oct, 1915		Sold 15 Jan, 1923
Zinnia	Swan Hunter		12 Aug, 1915		Sold 19 Apr, 1920

Armament

• two 4-in QF Mk IV, BL Mk IX gun or 4.7-in QF Mk IV guns
• two 3-pdr (47 mm) H.A. (in most)

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).