Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Anchusa-class sloop
open-in-new
<h2 id="ships">Ships</h2> <p>These ships were <a href="/facts/Q-ship/zPsGuvnR">Q-ships</a>, which were disguised as normal mercantile shipping within convoys. </p><p>Six ships were ordered on 1 January 1917:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Anchusa, built by Sir W. G. <a href="/facts/Armstrong_Whitworth/ThVKlHJr">Armstrong Whitworth</a> and Company, Walker on Tyne, launched 21 April 1917. Sunk by the German submarine <a href="/facts/SM_U-54/dwEq26kn"><i>U-54</i></a> off the west coast of Ireland 16 July 1918.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/HMS_Bergamot_(1917)/uukSQHxl"><i>Bergamot</i></a>, built by Armstrong Whitworth, launched 5 May 1917. Sunk by the German submarine <a href="/facts/SM_U-84/JapvgzSg"><i>U-84</i></a> in the Atlantic 13 August 1917.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Candytuft, built by Armstrong Whitworth, launched 19 May 1917. Torpedoed by submarine 18 November 1917 and stranded near <a href="/facts/B%25C3%25A9ja%25C3%25AFa/qWBHI5tl">Bougie</a>, Algeria.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>Ceanothus, built by Armstrong Whitworth, launched 2 June 1917. Transferred to Royal Indian Marine in May 1922, and renamed <i>Elphinstone</i>; wrecked on Nicobar Islands 29 January 1925.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>Convolvulus, built by <a href="/facts/Barclay_Curle/obYCUMlC">Barclay Curle</a> and Company, <a href="/facts/Whiteinch/eWUqgExj">Whiteinch</a>, launched 19 May 1917. Sold for breaking up 1 December 1921.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>Eglantine, built by Barclay Curle, launched 22 June 1917. Sold for breaking up 1 December 1921.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Two more ships were ordered on 15 January 1917:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Spiraea, built by William Simons and Company, Renfrew, launched 1 November 1917. Sold for breaking up 6 September 1922.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>Syringa, built by <a href="/facts/Workman%2c_Clark_and_Company/1KI41yMm">Workman, Clark and Company</a>, Belfast, launched 29 September 1917. Sold to Egypt 31 March 1920 and renamed <i>Sollum</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Twenty more ships were ordered on 21 February 1917:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Arbutus, built by Armstrong Whitworth, launched 8 September 1917. Sunk by the German submarine <a href="/facts/SM_UB-65/ncgWPCWn"><i>UB-65</i></a> in the St. George's Channel 16 December 1917.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li>Auricula, built by Armstrong Whitworth, launched 4 October 1917. Sold for breaking up 1 February 1923.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/HMS_Bryony_(1917)/1VHS4pec"><i>Bryony</i></a>, built by Armstrong Whitworth, launched 27 October 1917. Sold for breaking up 3 April 1938.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/HMS_Chrysanthemum_(1917)/w8qLtYv3"><i>Chrysanthemum</i></a>, built by Armstrong Whitworth, launched 10 November 1917. Target towing vessel in May 1920. Transferred to <a href="/facts/Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve/cT62pzoC">Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve</a> 1938, and stationed on the <a href="/facts/Thames_Embankment/R6Jd402K">Embankment</a> in London;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> broken up 1995.</li> <li><a href="/facts/HMS_Coreopsis_(1917)/ee09msoj"><i>Coreopsis</i></a>, built by Barclay Curle, launched 15 September 1917. Sold for breaking up 6 September 1922.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li>Cowslip, built by Barclay Carle, launched 19 October 1917. Sunk by the German submarine <a href="/facts/SM_UB-105/8WvNmpGA"><i>UB-105</i></a> off Cape Spartel 25 April 1918.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li>Dianthus, built by Barclay Curle, launched 1 December 1917. Sold to Mexican State Line 3 June 1921, became mercantile <i>Guerrero</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li>Gardenia, built by Barclay Curle, launched 27 December 1917. Sold for breaking up 15 January 1923.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li>Gilia, built by Barclay Curle, launched 15 March 1918. Sold for breaking up 15 January 1923.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li>Harebell, built by Barclay Curle, launched 10 May 1918.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> Sold for breaking up in February 1939.</li> <li>Ivy, built by Blyth Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, <a href="/facts/Blyth%2c_Northumberland/WqXXlXSa">Blyth</a>, launched 31 October 1917. Sold February 1920 and resold 2 June 1921, became mercantile <i>Sinaloa</i> (<a href="/facts/Clan_Line/Uq9z4y8V">Clan Line</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li>Marjoram, built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company, launched 26 December 1917. Intended to become RNVR drill ship <i>President</i>, but was wrecked in January 1921 off Flintstone Head while en route to fit out at <a href="/facts/Haulbowline/Fjam8xmF">Haulbowline</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li> <li>Mistletoe, built by Greenock & Grangemouth, launched 17 November 1917. Sold 25 January 1921, became mercantile <i>Chiapas</i> (Clan Line).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li>Pelargonium, built by William Hamilton & Company, Port Glasgow, launched 18 March 1918. Sold 25 January 1921, became mercantile <i>Oaxaca</i> (Clan Line).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li> <li>Rhododendron, built by Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, West Hartlepool. Sunk by the German submarine <a href="/facts/SM_U-70/Gg7jfcyz"><i>U-70</i></a> in the North Sea 5 May 1918.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/HMS_President_(1918)/0M2sjBGD"><i>Saxifrage</i></a>, built by Lobnitz and Company, Renfrew, launched 29 January 1918. Became RNVR drill ship 1921, and stationed on the Embankment in London; renamed <a href="/facts/HMS_President_(1918)/0M2sjBGD"><i>President</i></a> in July 1922,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> in private hands since 1988.</li> <li>Silene, built by William Simons and Company, Renfrew, launched 12 March 1918. Sold for breaking up 29 December 1921.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li>Sweetbriar, built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend on Tyne, launched 5 October 1917. Sold for breaking up 7 October 1927.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li> <li>Tuberose, built by Swan Hunter, launched 16 November 1917. Sold for breaking up 15 January 1923.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li>Windflower, built by Workman, Clark & Company, Belfast, launched 12 April 1918. Sold for breaking up 7 October 1927.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li> Media related to Anchusa class sloop at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="citations">Citations</h2> <ul><li>Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). <i>British Warships 1914–1919</i>. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7110-0380-7.</li> <li>Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). <i>Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921</i>. London: Conway Maritime Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-85177-245-5.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 95. - Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 95. - Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 95. - Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 96. - Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7. <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>