| Name: | AURICULA |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate or Sloop |
| Keel: | 21/05/1917 |
| Launched: | 04/10/1917 |
| Completed: | 01/12/1917 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 927 |
| 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: | |
| 01/12/1917 | British Royal Navy |
| 01/02/1923 | G Hornby |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | Member of the Flower Class - Anchusa Type |
| Designed as Q ships, to look like merchant ships to U-Boats | |
| 01/02/1923: Sold to G Hornby, probably for breaking up |
Above photo of AURICULA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo of sister CHRYSANTHEMUM is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo of sister CHRYSANTHEMUM is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo of sister CHRYSANTHEMUM is copyright of the Imperial War Museum