HMS Snowdrop (1915)
1915 Azalea-class sloop
HMS Snowdrop was 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. She also saved many of the RMS Carpathia's survivors.
Design and construction
The Azalea class was based on the previous Acacia class, but with a heavier gun armament. They were designed at the start of the First World War as relatively fast minesweepers that could also carry out various miscellaneous duties in support of the fleet such as acting as dispatch vessels or carrying out towing operations, but as the war continued and the threat from German submarines grew, became increasingly involved in anti-submarine duties.
Snowdrop was 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) long overall and 250 ft (76.20 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 33 ft (10.06 m) and a draught of 11 ft (3.35 m). Displacement was 1,210 long tons (1,230 t) normal. Two cylindrical boilers fed steam to a triple expansion steam engine rated at 1,800 indicated horsepower (1,300 kW), giving a speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The Azeleas had a main armament of two 4.7-inch (120 mm) or 4-inch (102 mm) guns, with two 3-pounder (47 mm) anti-aircraft guns also carried.
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