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Aubretia Builder : Country : UK Ship Type : Convoy Sloop Pennants : Profile : One of five sub-classes of Flower class sloops built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy during World War I |
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Aubretia Class Convoy Sloop. c. 1916 - 1917 |
Ships in the Aubretia class (ordered by name)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Andromeda | June 1917 | Sold to France before completion |
Aubretia | 17th June 1916 | Sold October 1922 |
Gaillardia | 19th May 1917 | Sunk 22 March 1918 |
Heather | 16th June 1916 | Sold 16th February 1932. |
Hibiscus | 17th November 1917 | Sold January 1923 |
Lychnis | 21st August 1917 | Transferred to Royal Indian Marine September 1921, renamed Cornwallis |
Montbretia | 3rd September 1917 | Sold January 1923 |
Polyanthus | 24th September 1917 | Sold May 1921 |
Salvia | 16th June 1916 | Sunk 20 June 1917 |
Tamarisk | 2nd June 1916 | Sold October 1922 |
Tulip | 15th July 1916 | Sunk 30 April 1917 |
Viola | 14th July 1916 | Sold 17th October 1922. |
Ships in the Aubretia class (ordered by launch date)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Heather | 16th June 1916 | Sold 16th February 1932. |
Salvia | 16th June 1916 | Sunk 20 June 1917 |
Aubretia | 17th June 1916 | Sold October 1922 |
Tamarisk | 2nd June 1916 | Sold October 1922 |
Viola | 14th July 1916 | Sold 17th October 1922. |
Tulip | 15th July 1916 | Sunk 30 April 1917 |
Hibiscus | 17th November 1917 | Sold January 1923 |
Gaillardia | 19th May 1917 | Sunk 22 March 1918 |
Andromeda | June 1917 | Sold to France before completion |
Lychnis | 21st August 1917 | Transferred to Royal Indian Marine September 1921, renamed Cornwallis |
Polyanthus | 24th September 1917 | Sold May 1921 |
Montbretia | 3rd September 1917 | Sold January 1923 |
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