| Name: | ACACIA |
| Type: | Minesweeper & Sloop |
| Keel: | 13/01/1915 |
| Launched: | 15/04/1915 |
| Completed: | 27/05/1915 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 986 |
| Dimensions: | 1134disp - 1269disp, 250.0 x 33.0 x 10.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | T4cyl (18, 29 & 33, 33 x 30ins), 1996ihp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 12pdr, 2 x 1 x 3pdr guns |
| History: | |
| 27/05/1915 | British Royal Navy |
| 06/09/1922 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Acacia Class of Sloops |
| Variously used as minesweeper, patrol frigate & escort | |
| Also used as a Kite Balloon ship | |
| 06/09/1922: Sold to Dornom Bros for breaking up |
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