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Friday, 3 June 2022

British sloop HMS Chrysantemum bound for Malta according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 23 dated 11 December 1920

Sister ship President (ex-Saxifrage)
Thames, London, England  22 June 2010

An item reported the departure of British sloop HMS Chrysantemum on 6 December from Devonport, England towards Malta.(1)

Note

1. Anchusa-class sloop preceded by Cadmus-class succeeded by Kil-class. Launched by Armstrong Whitworth on 10 November 1917, commissioned in 1917, decommissioned in 1988 and broken up in 1995. Sister ship was the Saxifrage renamed HMS President in 1922.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB/24/116/95

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