Arabis class sloop
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The Arabis class was the third class of minesweeping sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
s to be built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
as part of the larger "Flower Class
Flower class sloop
The Flower class comprised five sub-classes of sloops built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy during World War I, all of which were named after various flowers...
", which were also referred to as the "Cabbage Class", or "Herbaceous Borders". All thirty-six vessels to this design for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
were ordered in July 1915, in three batches averaging twelve ships each; a further eight vessels were later built in British shipyards for the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
.
Like the preceding Acacia
Acacia class sloop
The Acacia class was a class of twenty-four sloops that were ordered in January 1915 under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger "Flower Class", which were also referred to as the "Cabbage Class", or "Herbaceous Borders"...
and Azalea
Azalea class sloop
The Azalea class of twelve minesweeping sloops were built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger "Flower Class", which were also referred to as the "Cabbage Class", or "Herbaceous Borders"...
class sloops, these were single-screw Fleet Sweeping Vessels (Sloops) with triple hulls at the bows to give extra protection against loss when working.
Ships
— built by Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering CompanyEarle's Shipbuilding
Earle's Shipbuilding was an engineering company that was based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1845 to 1932.-Earle Brothers:...
, Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, launched 5 November 1915. Mined south-west of Ireland 18 March 1917. — built by Earle's, launched 9 December 1915. Sold for breaking up 30 January 1923. — built by D. & W. Henderson and Company, Partick
Partick
Partick is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch. Partick was a Police burgh from 1852 until 1912 when it was incorporated into the city.-History:...
, launched 6 November 1915. Sunk by German torpedo boats off the Dogger Bank 10 February 1916
Battle of Dogger Bank (1916)
The Battle of Dogger Bank on 10 February 1916 was a naval battle between the Kaiserliche Marine of the German Empire and the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during the First World War. Three German torpedo boat flotillas sortied into the North Sea and encountered the British 10th Mine-sweeping...
. — built by Henderson, launched 21 December 1915. Sold to Denmark 16 June 1920, renamed Fylla. — built by Henderson, launched 3 February 1916. Sold 30 January 1923. — built by Barclay Curle and Company
Barclay Curle
-History:The company was founded by Robert Barclay at Stobcross in Glasgow, Scotland during 1818. In 1862, the company built a large engineering works at Stobcross in Glasgow. In 1876, the company moved their yard down the river to Whiteinch. It was incorporated in 1884 as Barclay Curle...
, Whiteinch
Whiteinch
Whiteinch is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde between the Partick and Scotstoun areas of the city...
, launched 24 October 1915. Sold 5 February 1920, becoming mercantile Semper Paratus. — built by Barclay Curle, launched 25 December 1915. Sold for breaking up 6 September 1922. — built by Barclay Curle, launched 19 February 1916. Sold for breaking up 15 January 1923. — built by Barclay Curle, launched 30 March 1916. Lost 19 December 1941 at the fall of Hong Kong. — built by Lobnitz and Company
Lobnitz
Lobnitz Marine Holdings is a Scottish shipbuilding company located at Renfrew on the River Clyde, west of the Renfrew Ferry crossing and east of the confluence with the River Cart...
, Renfrew
Renfrew
-Local government:The town of Renfrew gave its name to a number of local government areas used at various times:*Renfrew a town to the west of Glasgow*Renfrewshire, the present unitary local council area in which Renfrew is situatated....
, launched 24 December 1915. Sold at Bombay in July 1930. — built by Lobnitz, launched 22 February 1916. Sold for breaking up 2 July 1932. — built by Napier and Miller
Napier and Miller
Napier and Miller are Scottish shipbuilders at Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow, Scotland.The company built two large, double-ended steam passenger ferries for the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company Limited in Sydney, Australia, launched in 1927 and 1928. They were named "Dee Why" and "Curl Curl" and...
, Old Kilpatrick
Old Kilpatrick
Old Kilpatrick is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.The village is on the north bank of the River Clyde immediately to the north of the Forth and Clyde Canal, three miles from Clydebank on the road to Dumbarton. The Great Western Road runs through Old Kilpatrick, and the next village to...
, launched 23 December 1915. Sold for breaking up 13 October 1933. — built by Napier & Miller, launched 26 February 1916. Sunk by German submarine U-57
SM U-57
|SM U-57 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.U-57 was engaged in naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic....
in the Atlantic 23 October 1916. — built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company
Greenock Dockyard Company
The Greenock Dockyard Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and ship repair firm located at Greenock, on the River Clyde.-History:The company was established by J E Scott of Greenock, with the yard at Cartsdyke being taken over in 1879 by Russell and Company, of Greenock, which later became Lithgows...
, launched 23 December 1915. Mined in the Gulf of Finland, 16 July 1919.
- HMAS GeraniumHMAS GeraniumHMAS Geranium was an built in Scotland and launched in 1915. The ship was operated by the Royal Navy as a minesweeper from 1915 until 1919, when she was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy for use as a survey ship between 1919 and 1927...
, built by Greenock & Grangemouth, launched 8 November 1915. Transferred to the Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian NavyThe Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
in 1919; dismantled June 1932; sunk as a target 24 April 1935 off Sydney. — built by Charles Connell and CompanyCharles Connell and CompanyCharles Connell and Company was a British shipbuilding company based in Scotstoun in Glasgow on the River Clyde.-History:The Company was founded by Charles Connell who had served an apprenticeship with Robert Steele and Co before becoming manager of Alexander Stephen and Sons Kelvinhaugh yard...
, ScotstounScotstounScotstoun is a historic district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Yoker and Knightswood to the west, Victoria Park, Broomhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde to the south...
, launched 25 October 1915. Sold in Portugal 10 March 1920, becoming Portuguese warship NRP República classified as a cruiser. — built by Connell, launched 8 January 1916. Broken up 1937. — built by Connell, launched 2 March 1916. Sold at Hong Kong 7 April 1940 for mercantile use. — built by William Simons and Company, Renfrew, launched 7 March 1916. Sold to Newfoundland Government in March 1920 under same name; hulked 1924. — built by Simons, launched 31 May 1916. Sold 22 March 1946, but foundered; raised and broken up at Portchester. - HMAS MargueriteHMAS MargueriteHMAS Marguerite was an laid down for the Royal Navy by Dunlop Bremner & Company at Port Glasgow in Scotland in July 1915 and launched on 23 November 1915....
, built by Dunlop Bremner & CompanyDunlop Bremner & CompanyDunlop, Bremner & Company was a shipyard at Port Glasgow on the River Clyde, in Scotland, which was purchased by Lithgows in 1919 but continued to trade under its own name until 1926....
, Port GlasgowPort GlasgowPort Glasgow is the second largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16617 persons...
, launched 23 November 1915. Transferred to Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian NavyThe Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
in 1919; dismantled September 1932; sunk as a target 1 August 1935. — built by Dunlop and Bremner, launched 26 January 1916. Mined off Galley Head, Ireland 17 March 1917. — built by Bow, McLachlan and CompanyBow, McLachlan and CompanyBow, McLachlan and Company was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding company that traded between 1872 and 1932.-1872-1914:In 1872 William Bow and John McLachlan founded the company at Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, where it made steering gear and light marine steam engines. In 1900 the company...
, PaisleyPaisleyPaisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
, launched 4 April 1916. Sold for breaking up 30 January 1923. — built by A. McMillan and Sons, Dumbarton, launched 21 December 1915. Mined 27 April 1916 near Malta. — built by William Hamilton and CompanyWilliam Hamilton and CompanyWilliam Hamilton and Company was a British shipyard located in Port Glasgow, Scotland. The company was purchased by Lithgow Ltd., later to become Scott Lithgow which was nationalised into British Shipbuilders in 1977....
, Port Glasgow, launched 10 December 1915. Sold for breaking up 29 November 1922. — built by Hamilton, launched 1 February 1916. Sold to Calcutta Port Commissioners 12 January 1920 under same name. — built by Workman, Clark and Company, BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, launched 5 February 1916. Sold 20 April 1920, becoming mercantile Lila. — built by Workman, Clark, launched 3 April 1916. Sold for breaking up 15 December 1922. — built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend on Tyne, launched 9 November 1915. Sold for breaking up 9 April 1923. — built by Swan Hunter, launched 6 December 1915. Sunk by German submarine U.35 in the Mediterranean 1 March 1916. — built by Richardson, Duck and CompanyRichardson, Duck and CompanyRichardson, Duck and Company was a shipbuilding company in Thornaby-on-Tees, England that traded between 1855 and 1925.-History:The yard was founded as the South Stockton Iron Ship Building Co in 1852. Its premises were the former yard of engine builders Fossick of Stockton and its first vessel was...
, Thornaby-on-TeesThornaby-on-TeesThornaby-on-Tees is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the south bank of the River Tees, three miles southeast of Stockton-on-Tees, and four miles southwest of Middlesbrough town centre and has a...
, launched 22 November 1915. Sold for breaking up 17 December 1947. — built by Ropner and Sons, Stockton on Tees, launched 21 December 1915. Sold for breaking up 4 May 1934.
— built by Charles Rennoldson and Company, South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
, launched 21 February 1916. Foundered off Bermuda in the 1926 Atlantic hurricane season
1926 Atlantic hurricane season
A Cape Verde-type hurricane reached Category 4 strength over the open Atlantic Ocean on September. It turned to the northeast, looped, and became extratropical on September 21...
, on 22 October 1926. — built by Blyth Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Blyth
Blyth, Northumberland
Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately 21 kilometres northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne...
, launched 9 November 1915. Sold for breaking up 13 October 1933. — built by Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool
This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...
, launched 8 November 1915. Sold for breaking up 28 August 1931. — built by Irvine's, launched 7 December 1915. Sold for breaking up 18 January 1931.
Six vessels were ordered in January 1916, and another two in September 1916, all to this design from British shipyards for the French Navy, and all were delivered to the French in 1916 or (the last pair) 1917:
- Aldebaran, built by Barclay Curle, launched 19 May 1916. Deleted 1934.
- Algol, built by Barclay Curle, launched 17 June 1916. Deleted 1935.
- Altair, built by Hamilton, launched 6 July 1916. Deleted 1940.
- Antares, built by Hamilton, launched 4 September 1916. Deleted 1936.
- Bellatrix, built by Henderson, launched 29 May 1916. Deleted 1933.
- Rigel, built by Henderson, launched 6 July 1916. Sunk by German submarine U.35 off Algiers 2 October 1916.
- Cassiope, built by Barclay Curle, launched 10 February 1917. Deleted 1933.
- Regulus, built by Barclay Curle, launched 19 March 1917. Deleted 1935.