Acacia-class sloop

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HMS Acacia
Class overview
NameAcacia class
Operators
Built1915
In commission19151959
Completed24
Lost3
General characteristics
Type Minesweeper
Displacement1,200 tons
Length
  • 250 ft (76.2 m) p/p
  • 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) o/a
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
  • 2 × cylindrical boilers
  • 1 screw
SpeedDesigned for 1,400 hp (1,040 kW) or 1,800 hp (1,340 kW) to make 17 knots (31 km/h), but actually required about 2,200 ihp (1,640 kW) for this speed
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) with max. 250 tons of coal
Complement77 men
ArmamentDesigned to mount 2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns and 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns, but with wide variations

The Acacia class was a class of twenty-four sloops that were ordered in January 1915 under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger Flowerclass which were also referred to as the "Cabbage class", or "Herbaceous Borders". They were ordered in two batches, twelve ships on 1 January and another twelve on 12 January, and all were launched within about four or five months, and delivered between May and September 1915. They were used almost entirely for minesweeping until 1917, when they were transferred to escort duty.

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They were single-screw fleet sweeping vessels (sloops) with triple hulls at the bows to give extra protection against loss when working.

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