HMS Bryony (1917)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bryony.
HMS Bryony was an Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Armstrong Whitworth and launched on 27 October 1917.
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Name | HMS Bryony |
Ordered | 21 February 1917 |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth |
Launched | 27 October 1917 |
Fate | Sold for breaking up on 3 April 1938 |
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Class and type | Anchusa-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,290 tons |
Length | 250 ft (76 m) (p/p), 262.25 ft (79.93 m)(overall) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | Coal: 260 tons |
Complement | 93 |
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She was used to escort convoys during the First World War, and in common with other ships of her class, was disguised as a merchant vessel, known as a Q-ship. After the war she remained in service with the Royal Navy and between 7 April 1933 and January 1934, she was commanded by Bernard Warburton-Lee, later to posthumously be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Second World War.
She was decommissioned before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold on 3 April 1938 to Cashmore, of Newport, Monmouthshire to be broken up.