Twenty-four Acacia class sweeping sloops were completed for the Royal Navy early in the war.
[show]Overview of 24 vessels
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
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Name
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Builder
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Laid Down
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Launched
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Completed
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Fate
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Acacia
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Swan Hunter
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15 Apr, 1915
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Sold Sep, 1922
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Anemone
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Swan Hunter
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30 Jun, 1915
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Sold Sep, 1922
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Aster
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Earle's Shipbuilding
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1 May, 1915
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Mined 4 Jul, 1917
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Bluebell
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Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
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24 Jul, 1915
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Sold May, 1930
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Daffodil
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Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
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17 Aug, 1915
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Sold Feb, 1935
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Magnolia
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Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
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26 Jun, 1915
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Sold Jul, 1932
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Dahlia
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Barclay Curle & Company
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21 Apr, 1915
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Sold Jul, 1932
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Daphne
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Barclay Curle & Company
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19 May, 1915
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Sold Jan, 1923
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Foxglove
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Barclay Curle & Company
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30 Mar, 1915
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Sold Sep, 1946
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Hollyhock
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Barclay Curle & Company
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1 May, 1915
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Sold Oct, 1930
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Lily
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Barclay Curle & Company
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6 Jun, 1915
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Sold Jun, 1930
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Mallow
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Barclay Curle & Company
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13 Jul, 1915
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Transferred Jul, 1919
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Honeysuckle
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Lobnitz & Company
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29 Apr, 1915
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Sold Sep, 1922
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Iris
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Lobnitz & Company
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1 Jun, 1915
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Sold Jan, 1920
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Jonquil
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Charles Connell & Company
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12 May, 1915
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Transferred May, 1920
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Laburnum
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Charles Connell & Company
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10 Jun, 1915
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Lost Feb, 1942
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Larkspur
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Napier & Miller
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11 May, 1915
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Sold Mar, 1922
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Lavender
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Archibald McMillan & Son
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12 Jun, 1915
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Torpedoed 4 May, 1917
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Lilac
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Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company
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29 Apr, 1915
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Sold Dec, 1922
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Marigold
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Bow, McLachlan & Company
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27 May, 1915
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Sold Jan, 1920
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Mimosa
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Bow, McLachlan & Company
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16 Jul, 1915
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Sold Nov, 1922
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Primrose
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William Simons & Company
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29 Jun, 1915
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Sold Apr, 1923
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Sunflower
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D. & W. Henderson & Company
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28 May, 1915
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Sold 27 Jan, 1921
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Veronica
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Dunlop Bremner & Company
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27 May, 1915
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Sold 22 Feb, 1935
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Design & Construction
Performance
Armament
See Also
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).