HMS ''Bryony'' was an sloop of the

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, built at the yards of

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and launched on 27 October 1917. She was used to escort convoys during the

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, and in common with other ships of her class, was disguised as a merchant vessel, known as a

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. After the war she remained in service with the Royal Navy and between 7 April 1933 and January 1934, she was commanded by

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, later to posthumously be awarded a

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in the

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. She was decommissioned before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold on 3 April 1938 to Cashmore, of

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to be broken up.

References

* * Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryony Anchusa-class sloops 1917 ships Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth