| Name: | CHRYSANTHEMUM |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate or Sloop |
| Keel: | 09/07/1917 |
| Launched: | 10/11/1917 |
| Completed: | 02/02/1918 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 929 |
| Dimensions: | 1165disp - 1440disp, 250.0 x 33.0 x 11.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (21.5, 35 & 58 x 27ins), 2500hp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins, 2 x 1 x 12pdr guns; depth charges |
| History: | |
| 02/02/1918 | British Royal Navy |
| 16/05/1995 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Flower Class - Anchusa Type |
| Designed as Q ships, to look like merchant ships to U-Boats | |
| 05/1920: Used as a target towing vessel | |
| 1938: Transferred to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
| Stationed on the Thames Embankment in London | |
| 16/05/1995: Broken up at Rochester |
Above photo of CHRYSANTHEMUM is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo of CHRYSANTHEMUM is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo of CHRYSANTHEMUM is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo of CHRYSANTHEMUM as an RNVR Drill Ship is courtesy of Photoship
Awaiting the breaker's torch. Above photo is copyright of Stan Mayes