HMS Chrysanthemum (1917)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Chrysanthemum.
HMS Chrysanthemum was an Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 November 1917. She received a Le Cheminant chronometer from the Royal Observatory on 15 May 1925.[1] After service in the Mediterranean, in 1938 she became a drill ship with Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) and then the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR). She was sold in 1988[2] to private owners and subsequently scrapped in 1995.
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HMS Chrysanthemum moored on the Thames next to minesweeper HMS Glasserton in 1983 | |
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Name | HMS Chrysanthemum |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth |
Launched | 10 November 1917 |
Commissioned | 1917 |
Decommissioned | 1988 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1995 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Anchusa-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,290 long tons (1,311 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) (mean) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 93 |
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