French minesweeping sloop Cassiopée 1917-1933

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The Arabis-class was built under the Emergency War Programme of the First World War. At the end of 1914 was the design completed and in July 1915 were 36 ships in 3 batches ordered for the British Royal Navy. British shipyards built an additional 8 vessels for the French Navy. Part of Arabis-class preceded by Azalea- and Acacia classes and preceded by Aubrietia-class. The Arabis-class was just like 4 other subclasses part of the so-called Flower-class, the later also known as Cabbage-class or the Herbaceous Borders. Ordered in September 1916. Launched by  Barclay Curle and Company, Whiteinch, Scotland on 10 February 1917, delivered to France in 1917 and deleted in 1933.

British sloop HMS Foxglove damaged in air attack according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that the British sloop HMS Foxglove (1) was bombed and heavy damaged off Portsmouth, England on 9 July. One officer was killed and 35 ratings wounded.

Note

1. Part of Acacia-class minesweeping sloops succeeded by Azalea-class. Launched by Barclay Curle, Glasgow, Scotland on 30 March 1915, delivered on 14 May 1915, commissioned in 1915 and sold to be broken up on 7 September 1946.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

French sloop Suippe beached after German air attack according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that the French sloop Suippe (1) was hit by a bomb and damaged during the German air attack on Falmouth, England and forced to be beached.

Note

1. Part of Scarpe-class, launched by Arsenal de Brest, France in April 1918, seized by British on 3 July 1940 at Falmouth, handed over to the Free French. Some sources on internet reporting sunk during a German air attack on Falmouth on 14 April 1941, salvaged but beyond repair and stricken on 15 June 1941.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

British sloop HMS Bridgewater L01 1928-1947

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Part of Bridgewater-class, preceded by 24-class minesweeping sloops succeeded by Hastings-class. Ordered on 19 September 1927, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England on 6 February 1928, launched on 14 September 1928, commissioned on 14 March 1929. out of service in July 1945 and sold to be broken up on 22 May 1947. 

British submarine HMS Pandora claimed to have sunk French light cruiser according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

Photo Allan C. Green 1878-1954. State Library of Victoria

La Galissonière-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the British submarine HMS Pandora (1) claimed to have sunk on 5 July off Algiers, French Algeria a French 15.24cm/6” (light) La Galissonière-class cruiser.(2) Next was the Pandora forced to dive to escape bombs and depth charges.

Notes

1. N42. Originally to be named Python but in 1928 decided to rename her Pandora. Part of Parthian-class preceded by Odin-class succeeded by Rainbow-class, ordered on 7 February 1928, laid down by Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, England on 9 July 1928, launched on 22 August 1929, commissioned on 30 June 1930 and sunk in a Germann air attack on Malta on 1 April 1942.

2. She sunk not a La Galissonière-class cruiser but the French aviso Rigault de Genouilly, laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Lormont, France on 7 July 1931, launched on 18 September 1932, commissioned on 14 March 1934 and sunk on 4 July 1940.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

British minesweeping sloop HMS Alyssum 1915-1917

Arabis-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Emergency War Programme of the First World War. At the end of 1914 was the design completed and in July 1915 were 36 ships in 3 batches ordered for the British Royal Navy. British shipyards built an additional 8 vessels for the French Navy. Part of Arabis-class preceded by Azalea- and Acacia classes and preceded by Aubrietia-class. The Arabis-class was just like 4 other subclasses part of the so-called Flower-class, the later also known as Cabbage-class or the Herbaceous Borders. Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Kingston upon Hull, England on 5 November 1915 and sunk after hitting a German mine laid by the German submarine UC-66 off Gallet Head, County Cork, Ireland on 18 March 1917. 

British Royal Navy escorted 842 merchant ships according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that this week totally the Royal Navy escorted 842 ships including 97 Allied and 40 neutral part of convoys and of which 7 were lost in action. The British naval escort consisted of 9 armed merchant cruisers, 29 destroyers, 16 sloops and 13 corvettes.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

British minesweeping sloop HMS Asphodel 1915-1920 and Danish HDMS Fylla 1920-1954

Arabis-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Emergency War Programme of the First World War. At the end of 1914 was the design completed and in JUly 1915 were 36 ships in 3 batches ordered for the British Royal Navy. British shipyards built an additional 8 vessels for the French Navy. Part of Arabis-class preceded by Azalea- and Acacia classes and preceded by Aubrietia-class. The Arabis-class was just like 4 other subclasses part of the so-called Flower-class, the later also known as Cabbage-class or the Herbaceous Borders. Launched by D.&W. Henderson and Company, Partick, Scotland on 21 December 1915, sold to Denmark on 16 JUne 1920, renamed HDMS Fylla, served as fishery inspection vessel on the North Atlantic and around Iceland and Greenland and stricken in 1954. 

British minesweeping sloop HMS Amaryllis 1915-1923

Arabis-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Built under the Emergency War Programme of the First World War. At the end of 1914 was the design completed and in July 1915 were 36 ships in 3 batches ordered for the British Royal Navy. British shipyards built an additional 8 vessels for the French Navy. Part of Arabis-class preceded by Azalea- and Acacia classes and preceded by Aubrietia-class. The Arabis-class was just like 4 other subclasses part of the so-called Flower-class, the later also known as Cabbage-class or the Herbaceous Borders. Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Kingston upon Hull, England on 9 December 1915 and sold to be scrapped on 30 January 1923. 

The British convoy system functioned well according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 64 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 14-21 November 1940

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An item reported that in the week ending at noon 21 November 781 ships including 135 Allied and 17 neutral ship were escorted. Just nine ships were lost. The escorting warships consisted of 2 capital ships, 1 cruiser, 3 anti-aircraft ships, 14 armed merchant cruisers, 38 destroyers and 39 sloops or corvettes. The British battleship HMS Rodney (1) escorted the homeward-bound convoys and the HMS Revenge (2) the outward bound convoys.

3. Part of Nelson-class, preceded by realized Revenge-class and planned N3-class, succeeded by King George V-class, ordered in 1922, laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 28 December 1922, launched on 17 December 1925, completed in August 1927, commissioned on 7 December 1927, out of service in August 1946 and sold to be broken up on 26 March 1948.

4. Part of Revenge-class, preceded by Queen Elizabeth-class, succeeded by planned N3-class and realized Nelson-class, laid down by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 December 1913, launched on 29 May 1915, commissioned on 1 February 1916, converted into a training for boiler room personnel in 1944, sold to be broken up in July 1948 arriving at the scrapyard on 5 September 1948

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-13-37. 

American sailing sealing ship Only Son in 1833

Antarctic sealing ground Terra del Fuego. Rigging sloop. Captain Cutler. Of Stonington. Sealing.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. (1978).

Belgian sailing vessel Op Stok 3 2002-

Harlingen, Netherlands 5 July 2026

Belgium--flagged, homeport Antwerp, Belgium, MMISI 205256900, call sign OS2569 and B407862. Sloop rigged. 

British sloop HMS Sandwich L12 1928-1946

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Part of Bridgewater-class, preceded by 24-class minesweeping sloops succeeded by Hastings-class. Ordered on 19 September 1927, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England on 9 February 1928, launched on 29 September 1928, commissioned on 23 March 1929, sold at Bizerte, French Tunia for civil service in 1946. Her fate is unclear. One possibility renamed Prince Albert in 1946, later the Tunisian Amy sunk on 18 February 1948. Other possibility is that she was broken up after her conversion was cancelled. 

British destroyer HMS Wolverine 1909-1917

Sister ship HMS Rattlesnake. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Beagle- or G-class preceded by Tribal or F-class succeeded by Acorn- or H-class. This class was built by several shipyards on base of a loose specification leaving the details to the builder. Laid down by Cammell Laird&Company, Birkenhead, England on 26 April 1909, launched on 15 January 1910, completed in September 1910 and sunk when she collided with the sloop HMS Rosemary in Lough Foyle on 12 December 1917. 

Italian long range submarine Torricelli 1937-1940

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Liuzzi-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Brin-class preceded by Archimede-class succeeded by Liuzzi-class. Laid down by Tosi, Taranto, Italy on 23 December 1937, launched on 26 March 1939, delivered on 7 May 1939, scuttled after a fight with the British destroyers HMS Kandahar, Khartoum and Kingston and the sloop Shoreham in the Red Sea on 23 June 1940 and stricken on 18 October 1946. 

The results of the American whaling in 1869

Number of ships and barks 223

Number of brigs 17

Number of schooners and sloops 89

Aggregate tonnage 82,304

Barrels of sperm oil 47,174

Barrels of whale oil 65,575

Pounds of whale bone 900,850

Value of imports $ 5,470,256.61

Source

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery. Charles M. Scammon. San, Francisco, USA, 1874. 

The results of the American whaling in 1867

Number of ships and barks 222

Number of brigs 10

Number of schooners and sloops 80

Aggregate tonnage 80,383

Barrels of sperm oil 43,433

Barrels of whale oil 89,289

Pounds of whale bone 1,001,397

Value of imports $ 6,294,663.82

Source

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery. Charles M. Scammon. San, Francisco, USA, 1874. 

The results of the American whaling in 1863

Number of ships and barks 301

Number of brigs 10

Number of schooners and sloops 42

Aggregate tonnage 103,688

Barrels of sperm oil 65,055

Barrels of whale oil 62,974

Pounds of whale bone 488,750

Value of imports $ 5,936,507.17

Source

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery. Charles M. Scammon. San, Francisco, USA, 1874. 

The results of the American whaling in 1860

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Number of ships and barks 508

Number of brigs 19

Number of schooners and sloops 42

Aggregate tonnage 176,842

Barrels of sperm oil 73,708

Barrels of whale oil 140,005

Pounds of whale bone 1,337,650

Value of imports $ 6,555.700.65

Source

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery. Charles M. Scammon. San, Francisco, USA, 1874. 

The results of the American whaling in 1864

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Number of ships and barks 258

Number of schooners and sloops 6

Aggregate tonnage 43

Barrels of sperm oil 88,754

Barrels of whale oil 64,372

Pounds of whale bone 71,683

Value of imports $ 7,875,622.56

Source

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery. Charles M. Scammon. San, Francisco, USA, 1874.