HMS Snowdrop (1915)

History
England
Class and type:	Azalea-class sloop
Name:	HMS Snowdrop
Builder:	McMillann
Launched:	7 October 1915
Decommissioned:	15 January 1923
In service:	No
Out of service:	Yes
Renamed:	No
Fate:	Sold for breaking up on 15 January 1923
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,250 long tons (1,270 t)
Length:	255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p.p. 267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a
Beam:	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught:	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Propulsion:	1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 × propeller
Speed:	17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Range:	2,000 nmi (2,300 mi; 3,700 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) with maximum load of fuel
Capacity:	260 short tons (240 t) of coal (maximum)
Complement:	79 men
Armament:	2 × 1 - QF 4 inch Mk IV guns, BL 4 inch Mk IX guns or QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns and 2 × 1 - 3-pounders (47 mm) AA. A few had no 3-pounders.

HMS Snowdrop was an Azalea-class sloop of the Royal Navy.

Career

Snowdrop was built at the yards of McMillan, and was launched on 7 October 1915. She served during the First World War. In May 1918, she rescued the survivors from the liner RMS Carpathia, which had been torpedoed three times and sunk by U-55 (six years earlier Carpathia had rescued the survivors from the ill-fated RMS Titanic). Also that same year, she took the American destroyer USS Cassin in tow, after the Cassin had been damaged by U-61.

Snowdrop survived the war and continued in service until being sold for breaking up on 15 January 1923 to the Unity Ship Breaking Company.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.