ANEMONE HMS 1915

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ANEMONE HMS 1915

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:54 pm

Built as a sloop under yard No 988 by Swan, Hunter & W. Richardson, Low Walker for the Royal Navy.
January 1915 ordered.
25 January 1915 laid down.
13 May 1915 (other source 30 June 1915) launched as HMS ANEMONE (M-27), she was one of the Acacia class.
Displacement 1,134 ton light, 1,269 ton full load, , dim. 76.2 x 10.1 x 3.7m. (draught), length bpp. 76.2m.
Powered by one 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, maximum 1,800 hp, one shaft, speed 16.5 knots.
Range by a speed of 15 knots, 2,000 mile.
Bunker capacity 250 ton coal maximum.
Armament 2 – 12 pdr, 2 – 3 pdr AA guns.
Crew 77
07 July 1915 commissioned.

The class was first built as minesweepers, with reinforced bows to improve survivability if struck by a mine.
She were refitted in 1917 to carry depth charges and re-deployed as convoy escorts.
From 15 February 1916 she joined the Smyrna patrol to blockade the Turkish coast from Cape Kaba to Latitude 38 30E included Smyrna (now called Izmir).
Her base was at Port Iere on the Greek island of Mytelene, very near to the Turkish coast.
17/18 February 1916 took part in the operations at Khios.
? Decommissioned.
06 September 1922 sold to Marple & Gillott and she was broken up at Saltash, U.K.

Guyana 2015 $80 sg?, scott?
Source: Various internet sites.
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