HMS Chrysanthemum (1917)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Chrysanthemum.

HMS Chrysanthemum moored on the Thames next to minesweeper HMS Glasserton in 1983
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Chrysanthemum
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth
Launched10 November 1917
Commissioned1917
Decommissioned1988
FateScrapped, 1995
General characteristics
Class and typeAnchusa-class sloop
Displacement1,290 long tons (1,311 t)
Length
  • 250 ft (76 m) p/p
  • 262 ft 3 in (79.93 m) o/a
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draught11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) (mean)
Propulsion
  • 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
  • 2 boilers
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
  • 1 screw
  • 260 tons of coal
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement93
Armament

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.

  1. ^ Ledger of Receipts and Issues of Chronometers. Held by the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. Le Cheminant chronometers Nos.18723 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/archive/objects/274122.html
  2. ^ "Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve History". royalnavy.mod.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2010.