HMS Coreopsis (1917)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Coreopsis
Ordered:	February 1917
Builder:	Barclay Curle, Whiteinch, Scotland
Launched:	15 September 1917
Commissioned:	8 October 1917
Fate:	Sold 6 September 1922. Broken up at Preston, Lancashire 5 May 1924.
General characteristics
Class and type:	Anchusa-class sloop
Tonnage:	1,760 tons
Displacement:	1,290 long tons (1,311 t)
Length:	250 ft (76 m) p/p; 262 ft 3 in (79.93 m) o/a;
Beam:	35 ft (11 m)
Draught:	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) mean; 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) – 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) deep;
Propulsion:	4-cylinder triple expansion engine; 2 boilers; 2,500 hp (1,864 kW); 1 screw;
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range:	260 long tons (260 t) coal
Complement:	92
Armament:	2 × QF 4 inch Mk IV guns or BL 4 inch Mk IX guns; 2 × 12-pounder guns; Depth charge throwers;

HMS Coreopsis was an Anchusa-class sloop and Q-ship of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Barclay Curle on Clydeside and launched on 15 September 1917. Employed as a decoy ship with concealed armament, she served with the Grand Fleet or in the Mediterranean operating from Gibraltar under the false names Beardsley and Bigott.[1] After the end of the First World War, she was laid up before being sold for breaking on 6 September 1922, but did not arrive at Thos W Ward's yard in Preston, Lancashire until 5 May 1924.[2]

HMS Coreopsis is sometimes confused with HM Drifter Coreopsis II, which is credited with sinking the German submarine SM UB-85 on 30 April 1918.[3]

References

"World War 1 at Sea - Ships of the Royal Navy, 1914-1919. WARSHIPS, Part 2, Old Sloops to Assault Ships 12. WARTIME CONSTRUCTION SLOOPS and ESCORTS". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
"Screw Steamer COREOPSIS". www.clydeships.co.uk. Scottish Built Ships. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
"NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE BOUNTY MONEY". The London Gazette (32515): 8942–8942. 11 November 1921. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

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[1] "World War 1 at Sea - Ships of the Royal Navy, 1914-1919. WARSHIPS, Part 2, Old Sloops to Assault Ships 12. WARTIME CONSTRUCTION SLOOPS and ESCORTS". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[2] "Screw Steamer COREOPSIS". www.clydeships.co.uk. Scottish Built Ships. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[3] "NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE BOUNTY MONEY". The London Gazette (32515): 8942–8942. 11 November 1921. Retrieved 15 November 2017.