HMS Coreopsis (1917)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Coreopsis.

HMS Coreopsis was an Anchusa-class sloop and Q-ship of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Barclay Curle on Clydeside and launched on 15 September 1917. Employed as a decoy ship with concealed armament, she served with the Grand Fleet or in the Mediterranean operating from Gibraltar under the false names Beardsley and Bigott.^[1] After the end of the First World War, she was laid up before being sold for breaking on 6 September 1922, but did not arrive at Thos. W. Ward's yard in Preston, Lancashire until 5 May 1924.^[2]

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Coreopsis
Ordered	February 1917
Builder	Barclay Curle, Whiteinch, Scotland
Launched	15 September 1917
Commissioned	8 October 1917
Fate	Sold 6 September 1922. Broken up at Preston, Lancashire 5 May 1924.
General characteristics
Class and type	Anchusa-class sloop
Tonnage	1,760 tons
Displacement	1,290 long tons (1,311 t)
Length	250 ft (76 m) p/p 262 ft 3 in (79.93 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) mean 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) – 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) deep
Propulsion	4-cylinder triple expansion engine 2 boilers 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) 1 screw
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	260 long tons (260 t) coal
Complement	92
Armament	2 × QF 4 inch Mk IV guns or BL 4 inch Mk IX guns 2 × 12-pounder guns Depth charge throwers

HMS Coreopsis is sometimes confused with HM Drifter Coreopsis II, which is credited with sinking the German submarine SM UB-85 on 30 April 1918.^[3]