H.M.S. Hollyhock (1915)

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H.M.S. Hollyhock (1915)
Pendant Number: M.42 (Feb, 1915)
T.16 (Sep, 1915)
T.43 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Barclay Curle & Company[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 1 May, 1915[4]
Sold: Oct, 1930[5]

H.M.S. Hollyhock was one of twenty-four Acacia Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Hollyhock operated as part of the Twelfth Sloop Flotilla in the Mediterranean from November 1917 to May 1918.

Hollyhock operated as part of the Eleventh Sloop Flotilla based at [Gibraltar]] from July to December, 1918, spending some of that time in a paid-off state.

Hollyhock operated for just a month or so as part of the First Sloop Flotilla, part of the Southern Division, Coast of Ireland Station and then joined the Twenty-fourth Sloop Flotilla on the same station, operating there from January to April, 1919.

Hollyhock was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 9 February, 1924.[6]

She was re-commissioned on 5 November, 1926.[7]

The sloop was paid off to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 25 May, 1928.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 93. The M pendants were changed to M (international) on 24 Apr 1915.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 245.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 246.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 245.
  9. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/124. f. ?.
  10. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/124. f. ?.
  11. Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  12. Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  13. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 394l.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 814.
  15. Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/42/446. f. ?.
  16. Chilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/42/446. f. ?.
  17. Jeffrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/47. f. 47.
  18. Jeffrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/47. f. 47.
  19. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
  20. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
  21. Peace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/73. f. ?.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 246.
  23. Peace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/73. f. ?.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 245.
  25. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  26. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.

Bibliography


Acacia Class Sweeping Sloop
Acacia Anemone Aster Bluebell Daffodil
Magnolia Dahlia Daphne Foxglove Hollyhock
Lily Mallow Honeysuckle Iris Jonquil
Laburnum Larkspur Lavender Lilac Marigold
  Mimosa Primrose Sunflower Veronica