Name: | ZINNIA |
Type: | Minesweeper |
Keel: | |
Launched: | 12/08/1915 |
Completed: | 09/1915 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1000 |
Dimensions: | 1250disp, 255.3 x 33.5 x 11.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | T4cyl, 1800hp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins, 2 x 1 x 3pdr guns |
History: | |
09/1915 | British Royal Navy |
19/04/1920 | Government of Belgium |
1940 | Government of Germany; renamed BARBARA |
05/1945 | Government of Belgium; renamed BREYDEL |
1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the Azalea Class of Sloops |
Variously used as minesweeper & patrol frigate |
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