HMS Snowdrop (1915)
| Career (England) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Azalea-class sloop |
| Name: | HMS Snowdrop |
| Builder: | McMillan |
| Launched: | 7 October 1915 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 January 1923 |
| In service: | No |
| Out of service: | Yes |
| Renamed: | No |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up on 15 January 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) |
| Length: | 255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p.p. 267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 × propeller |
| Speed: | 17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (2,300 mi; 3,700 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) with maximum load of fuel |
| Capacity: | 260 short tons (240 t) of coal (maximum) |
| Complement: | 79 men |
| Armament: | 2 × 4 or 4.7 inch guns 2 × 3-pounder anti-aircraft guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Snowdrop.
HMS Snowdrop was an Azalea-class sloop of the Royal Navy.
Career
Snowdrop was built at the yards of McMillan, and was launched on 7 October 1915. She served during the First World War. In 1918 she rescued the survivors from the liner RMS Carpathia, which had been torpedoed three times and sunk by U-55 (six years earlier Carpathia had rescued the survivors from the ill-fated RMS Titanic). Also that same year she took the American destroyer USS Cassin in tow, after the Cassin had been damaged by U-61.
Snowdrop survived the war and continued in service until being sold for breaking up on 15 January 1923 to the Unity Ship Breaking Company.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.