HMS Laburnum (1915)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Laburnum |
| Builder: | Charles Connell and Company, Scotstoun |
| Laid down: | February 1915 |
| Launched: | 10 June 1915 |
| Completed: | August 1915 |
| Fate: | Transferred to New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, 11 March 1922 |
| Career (New Zealand) | |
| Name: | HMS Laburnum |
| Acquired: | 11 March 1922 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve, 11 February 1935 |
| Career (Straits Settlements) | Flag of the British Straits Settlements |
| Name: | HMS Laburnum |
| Acquired: | 11 February 1935 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 15 February 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Acacia-class sloop |
| Displacement: | 1,200 long tons (1,219 t) |
| Length: |
250 ft (76 m) p/p 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: |
1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 screw |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) with max. 250 tons of coal |
| Complement: | 77 |
| Armament: |
• 2 × 12-pdr (76 mm) guns • 2 × 3-pdr (47 mm) AA guns |
HMS Laburnum (Pennant no. T49 in 1/18, later T48) was a Royal Navy Acacia class sloop built by Charles Connell & Company, Scotstoun. She was laid down February 1915, launched 10 June 1915 and completed in August 1915. The Acacia class Fleet Sweeping Sloops were adapted for escort work, minesweeping and as decoy warships.
She was in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy from 11 March 1922 to 11 February 1935, where she exercised with cruisers, toured New Zealand ports, took part in ceremonial occasions, and went on annual Pacific Island cruises. This was in conjunction with her sister ship Veronica which was similar, but with small differences as they came from different commercial shipyards.
She left Auckland on 1 February 1935 for Singapore, where she was paid off to become a drill and training ship for the Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve.
She was lost by scuttling on 15 February 1942 during the fall of Singapore. The wreck was raised about 1946, and sunk off East Lagoon, Singapore as part of an existing breakwater of old hulks, and finally removed and scrapped about 1967.
See also
References
- McDougall, R J New Zealand Naval Vessels pp18-19 (1989, Government Printing Office, Wellington) ISBN 9780477013994
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