British sloop HMS Valerian cruising in the Caribbean according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the week ending 27 August 1921

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An item reported that the British sloop HMS Valerian was to visit Dominica on 1 September, Barbados on 8 September, Demerara on 22 September and Trinidad on 6 October.(1)

Note

1. Arabis-class minesweeping sloops preceded by Azalea-class succeeded by Aubrieta-class. Laid down by Charles Rennoldson and Company, South Shields in 1915, launched on 21 February 1916, stationed at Royal Navy Dockyard, Bermuda and lost in the Havana-Bermuda hurricane on 22 October 1926.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-127-74