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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| BEGONIA |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1915 |
26/08/1915 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Sloop
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
Clydeholm Yard |
532 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 1210 disp |
76.2 m |
10.1 m |
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3.4 m |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
| 1 shaft TE, 2 boilers, coal, 1800ihp giving 16.5 knots |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Admiralty |
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| Other names |
| DOLCIS - JESSOP - Q.10 |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
Sweeping Sloop, Azalea Class – T.33
1917 converted to a coaster like Q-ship at Haulbowline near Queenstown. She used the names Dolcis, Jessop and Q10. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1917 |
Collision 03/09/1917 |
| Disposal Detail |
| 3/9/1917 sailed on patrol as decoy ship Q10 and failed to return. Her loss has been falsely attributed to a collision with U-151 but her collision was with the destroyer HMS Parthian |
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Begonia in Malta 1916
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