HMS Snowdrop (1915)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Snowdrop |
| Builder | McMillann |
| 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 | |
| Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 kn (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 × 1 - QF 4 inch Mk IV guns, BL 4 inch Mk IX guns or QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns and 2 × 1 - 3-pounders (47 mm) AA. A few had no 3-pounders. |
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 May 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.