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    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...
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    during the war. Azalea-class sloop: 12 vessels built in 1915. Slightly modified Acacias; one sunk during the war. Arabis-class sloop: 36 vessels built...
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    months. Like the preceding Acacia and Azalea-class sloops, these were single-screw Fleet Sweeping Vessels (Sloops) with triple hulls at the bows to give...
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  • HMS Snowdrop (1915) (category Azalea-class sloops)
    an Azalea-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She served during the First World War. Snowdrop survived the war and was sold for scrap in 1923. The Azalea class...
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  • HMS Zinnia (1915), an Azalea-class sloop active during World War I; launched in August 1915; sold in 1920 HMS Zinnia (K98), a Flower-class corvette active during...
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  • have been named HMS Azalea : HMS Azalea (1915) an Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1923 HMS Azalea (K25), a Flower-class corvette launched...
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  • HMS Myrtle (1915) (category Azalea-class sloops)
    HMS Myrtle was an Azalea-class sloop that was part of a Royal Navy squadron that was sent to assist the Baltic States and their fight for independence...
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  • Azalea, an asteroid Azalea-class sloop, a class of minesweeping sloops in the UK Royal Navy including HMS Azalea (1915) HMS Azalea (K25), a corvette in...
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  • SS Ardena (1915) (category Azalea-class sloops)
    an Azalea-class sloop minesweeper for the British Royal Navy with the name HMS Peony in 1915. The Azalea-class was based on the previous Acacia-class, but...
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  • was another Cruizer-class brig-sloop, launched in 1813, and sunk as a target in 1867. HMS Carnation (1915) was a Azalea-class sloop, launched in 1915,...
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    other classes took over the minesweeping role. The Aubrietias were re-classified as convoy sloops. Unlike the preceding Flowers of the Acacia, Azalea and...
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    doomed the Carpathia. U-55 started approaching the lifeboats when the Azalea-class sloop HMS Snowdrop arrived on the scene and drove away the submarine with...
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  • Royal Navy with the Azalea-class sloop HMS Camellia and Acacia-class sloops HMS Marigold and Mimosa in 1915, the Arabis-class sloop HMS Myosotis in 1916...
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    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...
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    and then west round the Senussi flank to cut off their retreat. An Azalea-class sloop, HMS Clematis was to provide gunfire support to any target in range...
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    Sixth-rate, corvette, and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. During the Age of Sail, warships were divided into ranks or classes. The English Royal Navy adopted...
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  • been named HMS Begonia after the flower. HMS Begonia (1915) was an Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915, converted to a Q-ship and sunk in a collision with...
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  • Clematis : HMS Clematis (1915) an Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1931 HMS Clematis (K36), a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940 and sold...
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  • HMS Peony (1915) was an Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1919, becoming the mercantile Ardena. HMS Peony (K40) was a Flower-class corvette launched...
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  • Snowdrop: HMS Snowdrop (1915) was an Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1923. HMS Snowdrop (K67) was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940, sold...
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  • HMS Camellia (1915), an Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915, that served in World War I and was sold in 1923. HMS Camellia (K31), a Flower-class corvette launched...
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    September 1941 Argonauta-class submarine Fisalia was sunk by Hyacinth on 28 September 1941 U-204 was sunk by Mallow and the sloop Rochester on 19 October...
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  • HMS Heliotrope (1915) was an Azalea-class sloop launched in 1915 and sold for scrapping in 1935. HMS Heliotrope (K03) was a Flower-class corvette launched in...
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    USS Benham (DD-49) (category Aylwin-class destroyers)
    during her European wartime service, Benham was rammed by the British Azalea-class sloop HMS Zinnia. The event is not mentioned in the Dictionary of American...
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    HMS Zinnia (1915) (category Sloops of the Royal Navy)
    HMS Zinnia was an Azalea-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy, built in 1915 at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson yard, at Wallsend in the United...
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    283 (Russian ship Lefort) HMS Myrtle  Royal Navy 15 July 1919 An Azalea-class sloop that struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland east of Saaremaa, Estonia...
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  • Bouches-du-Rhône, France. HMS Begonia  Royal Navy World War I: The Azalea-class sloop departed on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean. She was subsequently sunk...
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  • HMS Arabis (1915) (category Arabis-class sloops)
    her crew. The Arabis class was a slightly enlarged and improved derivative of the previous Acacia-class and Azalea-class sloops. They were designed at...
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  • corvettes Gabbiano class". Warshipsww2.Eu. Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 6 October 2014. "Italian minelayer class Fasana". Warshipsww2...
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  • 1920s and 1930s, with a stint as commander of HMS Heliotrope, an Azalea-class sloop, in the West Indies from 1928 to 1930. He retired from the Navy with...
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