HMS Coreopsis (1917)

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

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 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. 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.

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.