The ''Acacia'' class was a

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of twenty-four sloops that were ordered in January 1915 under the Emergency War Programme for the

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in World War I as part of the larger which were also referred to as the "Cabbage class", or "Herbaceous Borders". They were ordered in two batches, twelve ships on 1 January and another twelve on 12 January, and all were launched within about four or five months, and delivered between May and September 1915. They were used almost entirely for minesweeping until 1917, when they were transferred to escort duty. They were single-screw fleet sweeping vessels (sloops) with triple hulls at the bows to give extra protection against loss when working.

Ships

* — built by

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on Tyne, launched 15 April 1915. Sold 6 September 1922. * — built by Swan Hunter, launched 13 May 1915. Sold for breaking up 6 September 1922. * — built by

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& Engineering Co,

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, launched 1 May 1915. Mined 4 July 1917 in the Mediterranean. * — built by

Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, often referred to simply as Scotts, was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Greenock on the River Clyde. In its time in Greenock, Scotts built over 1,250 ships. History John Scott f ...

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, launched 24 July 1915. Sold for breaking up 26 May 1930. * — built by Scotts, launched 17 August 1915. Sold for breaking up 22 February 1935. * — built by Barclay Curle & Company,

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, launched 21 April 1915. Sold for breaking up 2 July 1932. * — built by Barclay Curle, launched 19 May 1915. Sold for breaking up 15 January 1923. * — built by Barclay Curle, launched 30 March 1915, to guardship 1942, base ship 1943, sold for breaking up 7 September 1946. * — built Barclay Curle, launched 1 May 1915. Sold for breaking up 7 October 1930. * — built by Lobnitz & Company,

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, launched 29 April 1915. Sold 6 September 1922. * — built by Lobnitz, launched 2 June 1915. Sold 26 January 1920, becoming mercantile ''Principe d'Asturias''. * — built by

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, launched 12 May 1915. Sold May 1920 in Portugal, becoming Portuguese warship NRP ''Carvalho Araújo'', classified as a cruiser, discarded 1959. * — built by C Connell & Co, launched 10 June 1915. Hulked as

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drill ship in

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1935, lost in February 1942 at the

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. * — built by Napier & Miller,

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, launched 11 May 1915. Sold for breaking up in March 1922. * — built by Archibald McMillan & Son,

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, launched 12 June 1915. Sunk by German submarine in the English Channel, 4 May 1917. * — built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Greenock, launched 2 April 1915. Sold for breaking up 15 December 1922. * — built by Barclay Curle, launched 16 June 1915. Depot ship October 1923, renamed ''Vulcan II''; renamed ''Adamant II'' in 1930. Sold for breaking up 25 June 1930. * — built by Scotts, launched 26 June 1915. Sold for breaking up 2 July 1932. * — built by Barclay Curle, launched 13 July 1915. Transferred to

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in July 1919, dismantled July 1932, sunk as target off Sydney 1 August 1935. * — built by

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, launched 27 May 1915. Sold 26 January 1920, becoming mercantile ''Principe de Piamonte''. * — built by Bow, MacLachlan & Co, launched 16 July 1915. Sold for breaking up 18 November 1922. * — built by

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, launched 29 June 1915. Sold for breaking up 9 April 1923. * — built by D. & W. Henderson & Company,

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, launched 28 May 1915. Sold 27 January 1921 to Rangoon Port Commissioners, and renamed ''Lanbya''. Resold 1923 to Osaka Shosen(O.S.K), and renamed ''Yashima Maru''. Breaking up maybe 1953 . * — built by

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, launched 27 May 1915. Sold for breaking up 22 February 1935.

References

* ''British and Empire Warships of the Second World War'', H T Lenton, 1998, Greenhill Books, * ''Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I'', Janes Publishing, 1919 * ''The Grand Fleet, Warship Design and Development 1906-1922'', D. K. Brown, Chatham Publishing, 1999,

External links

* OldWeather.org transcription of ships' logbooks available for , , , , , , and . {{Flower class sloop Ship classes of the Royal Navy Sloop classes