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Name Official number Flag IMO
JONQUIL    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1915  12/05/1915   
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Sloop  Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow   374 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 1200 disp 76.20 m  10.10 m    3.40 m 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
1-screw, T4Cyl ,2 boilers, 1800ihp giving 16.5 knots  

First owner First port of register Registration date
The Admiralty     
Other names
1920 CARVALHO ARAUJO 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1920 Portugal Navy. (Classed as a cruiser) 
Vessel history
Sweeping Sloop, Acacia Class – M.46, T.20, T.48

Battle Honour: Dardanelles 1915-16

1928-30 refitted as a 2nd class sloop for Colonial Service and based in Angola.
1937 converted for use as a Hydrographic Vessel
1941 transferred to Angola  
Remarks
FLOWER class sloop. ACCACIA type. 
End year Fate / Status
1961  Target  
Disposal Detail
1961 sunk as a target off Luanda by the frigate Nuno Tristao 
 

 

Acacia Class LD
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Carvalho Araujo 1933
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Carvalho Araujo as Survey ship 1951
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