Coreopsis 1918
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Anchusa | Armstrong, Elswick | 2/1917 | 21/4/1917 | 6/1917 | sunk 16/7/1918 | |
| Arbutus | Armstrong, Elswick | 1917 | 8/9/1917 | 11/1917 | sunk 16/12/1917 | |
| Auricula | Armstrong, Elswick | 5/1917 | 4/10/1917 | 12/1917 | BU 2/1923 | |
| Bergamot | Armstrong, Elswick | 2/1917 | 5/5/1917 | 7/1917 | sunk 13/8/1917 | |
| Bryony | Armstrong, Elswick | 7/1917 | 27/10/1917 | 12/1917 | BU 4/1938 | |
| Candytuft | Armstrong, Elswick | 2/1917 | 19/5/1917 | 8/1917 | sunk 18/11/1917 | |
| Ceanothus, 5/1922- Elphinstone (5/1922- RIM) | Armstrong, Elswick | 2/1917 | 2/6/1917 | 9/1917 | wrecked 29/1/1925 | |
| Chrysanthemum | Armstrong, Elswick | 7/1917 | 10/11/1917 | 2/1918 | RNVR drill ship 1938 | |
| Convolvulus | Barclay Curle, Glasgow | 1917 | 19/5/1917 | 1917 | sold 12/1921 | |
| Coreopsis | Barclay Curle, Glasgow | 1917 | 15/9/1917 | 1917 | BU 9/1922 | |
| Cowslip | Barclay Curle, Glasgow | 1917 | 19/10/1917 | 12/1917 | sunk 25/4/1918 | |
| Dianthus | Barclay Curle, Glasgow | 1917 | 1/12/1917 | 12/1917 | sold 6/1921 | |
| Eglantine | Barclay Curle, Glasgow | 1917 | 22/6/1917 | 1917 | BU 12/1921 | |
| Gardenia | Barclay Curle, Glasgow | 1917 | 27/12/1917 | 1918 | BU 1/1923 | |
| Gilia | Barclay Curle, Glasgow | 1917 | 15/3/1918 | 1918 | BU 1/1923 | |
| Harebell | Barclay Curle, Glasgow | 1917 | 10/5/1918 | 1918 | BU 12/1939 | |
| Ivy | Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay | 1917 | 31/10/1917 | 4/1918 | sold 2/1920 | |
| Marjoram | Greenock & Grangemouth | 1917 | 26/12/1917 | 4/1918 | wrecked 1/1921 | |
| Mistletoe | Greenock & Grangemouth | 1917 | 17/11/1917 | 5/1918 | sold 1/1921 | |
| Pelargonium | Hamilton, Glasgow | 1917 | 18/3/1918 | 5/1918 | sold 5/1921 | |
| Rhododendron | Irvine, Middleton | 1917 | 15/10/1917 | 2/1918 | sunk 5/5/1918 | |
| Saxifrage | Lobnitz, Renfrew | 1917 | 29/1/1918 | 3/1918 | RNVR drill ship President 7/1922 | |
| Silene | Simons, Renfrew | 1917 | 13/3/1918 | 3/1918 | BU 12/1921 | |
| Spiraea | Simons, Renfrew | 1917 | 1/11/1917 | 11/1917 | BU 9/1922 | |
| Sweetbriar | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 1917 | 5/10/1917 | 11/1917 | sold 10/1927 | |
| Syringa | Workman Clark, Belfast | 1917 | 29/9/1917 | 1917 | to Egypt 3/1920 (Sollum) | |
| Tuberose | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 1917 | 16/11/1917 | 1/1918 | BU 1/1923 | |
| Windflower | Workman Clark, Belfast | 1917 | 12/4/1918 | 1918 | BU 10/1927 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1290 |
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Displacement full, t |
1493 |
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Length, m |
80.0 |
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Breadth, m |
10.7 |
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Draught, m |
3.50 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2500 |
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Max speed, kn |
17.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 130 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk III, 2 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I HA, 2 DCT, 2 DCR |
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Complement |
119 |
Ship project history: Aubretia class sloops basically repeated earlier "Flower" classes but were outwardly similar to a small civil vessel. It have made for military-oriented concealment of the ship. They actually represented decoy vessels. In comparison with Arabis class, they were equipped with more powerful machinery and developed 17.5kts. Anchusa class ships generally resembled previous class.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Anchusa, Arbutus, Bergamot, Candytuft, Cowslip and Rhododendron were torpedoed by Germans. Chrysanthemum was converted to target towing tender in May 1920 and became RNVR TS in 1938.
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