Polyanthus 1918
Cornwallis 1939
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Andromeda | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 1917 | 6/1917 | --- // 8/1917 | to France 1917 before completion (Andromede) | |
| Aubrietia | Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay | 1916 | 17/6/1916 | 10/1916 | BU 10/1922 | |
| Gaillardia | Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay | 1917 | 19/5/1917 | 11/1917 | sunk 22/3/1918 | |
| Heather | Greenock & Grangemouth | 1916 | 16/6/1916 | 10/1916 | BU 2/1932 | |
| Hibiscus | Greenock & Grangemouth | 1917 | 17/11/1917 | 1/1918 | BU 1/1923 | |
| Lychnis, 1921 - Cornwallis (9/1921 - RIM) | Hamilton, Glasgow | 1917 | 21/8/1917 | 11/1917 | BU 1946 | |
| Montbretia | Irvine, Middleton | 1917 | 3/9/1917 | 12/1917 | BU 1/1923 | |
| Polyanthus | Lobnitz, Renfrew | 1917 | 24/9/1917 | 11/1917 | BU 5/1921 | |
| Salvia | Irvine, Middleton | 1916 | 16/6/1916 | 10/1916 | sunk 20/6/1917 | |
| Tamarisk | Lobnitz, Renfrew | 1916 | 2/6/1916 | 1916 | BU 10/1922 | |
| Tulip | Richardson Duck, Thornaby | 1916 | 15/7/1916 | 9/1916 | sunk 30/4/1917 | |
| Viola | Ropner, Stockton | 1916 | 14/7/1916 | 1916 | BU 10/1922 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1250 |
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Displacement full, t |
1450 |
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Length, m |
81.7 |
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Breadth, m |
10.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.40 |
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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, 1 x 1 - 47/50 Vickers AA, 2 DCT, 1 DCR |
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Complement |
92 |
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.
Modernizations: mid-1930s, Cornwallis: - 1 x 1 - 47/50; + 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom
Naval service: Salvia and Tulip were torpedoed by Germans.
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