| Name: | ANCHUSA |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate or Sloop |
| Keel: | 02/1917 |
| Launched: | 21/04/1917 |
| Completed: | 06/1917 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 917 |
| 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: | |
| 06/1917 | British Royal Navy |
| 16/07/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the Flower Class - Anchusa Type |
| Designed as Q ships, to look like merchant ships to U-Boats | |
| 16/07/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U54 off west coast of Ireland |
Above photo, of sister AURICULA, is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo, of sister CEANOTHUS, is courtesy of Photoship