HMS Coreopsis was an Anchusa-class sloop and Q-ship of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Barclay Curle on Clydeside and launched on 15 September 1917. Employed as a decoy ship with concealed armament, she served with the Grand Fleet or in the Mediterranean operating from Gibraltar under the false names Beardsley and Bigott.[1] After the end of the First World War, she was laid up before being sold for breaking on 6 September 1922, but did not arrive at Thos. W. Ward's yard in Preston, Lancashire until 5 May 1924.[2]
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Coreopsis |
| Ordered | February 1917 |
| Builder | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch, Scotland |
| Launched | 15 September 1917 |
| Commissioned | 8 October 1917 |
| Fate | Sold 6 September 1922. Broken up at Preston, Lancashire 5 May 1924. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Anchusa-class sloop |
| Tonnage | 1,760 tons |
| Displacement | 1,290 long tons (1,311 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 260 long tons (260 t) coal |
| Complement | 92 |
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HMS Coreopsis is sometimes confused with HM Drifter Coreopsis II, which is credited with sinking the German submarine SM UB-85 on 30 April 1918.[3]
References edit
- ^ "World War 1 at Sea - Ships of the Royal Navy, 1914-1919. WARSHIPS, Part 2, Old Sloops to Assault Ships 12. WARTIME CONSTRUCTION SLOOPS and ESCORTS". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Screw Steamer COREOPSIS". www.clydeships.co.uk. Scottish Built Ships. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE BOUNTY MONEY". The London Gazette (32515): 8942. 11 November 1921. Retrieved 15 November 2017.