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{{other ships|HMS Geranium}}
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|Ship country=Australia
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|Ship name=''Geranium''
|Ship acquired=18 October 1919
|Ship commissioned=17 January 1920
|Ship decommissioned=10 November 1927
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*Sunk as a hulk, 24 April 1935
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|Ship class={{sclass|Arabis|sloop|0}} [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]]
|Ship displacement=1,250 tons
|Ship length={{Convert|267|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]]
|Ship beam={{Convert|33|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{Convert|11|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*1 × 4-cylinder [[triple expansion engine]]
*1 screw
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|Ship range={{Convert|2000|nmi}} at {{Convert|15|kn|abbr=on}} with max. 250 tons of coal
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|Ship complement=*77 (RN)
*113 (RAN)
|Ship armament=*2 × 1 - [[QF 4-inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|QF 4 inch Mk IV guns]], [[BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun|BL 4 inch Mk IX gun]]s or [[QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun|QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns]] and 2 × 1 - [[3-pounder gun|3-pounders (47 mm)]] AA.
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'''HMAS ''Geranium''''' (formerly '''HMS ''Geranium''''') was an {{sclass|Arabis|sloop|0}} [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] built in Scotland and launched in 1915. The ship was operated by the [[Royal Navy]] as a [[minesweeper]] from 1915 until 1919, when she was transferred to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN) for use as a [[survey ship]] between 1919 and 1927. The ship was decommissioned in 1927 and scrapped during 1932, with the remains scuttled in 1935.

==Design and construction==
{{Main|Arabis-class sloop}}
''Geranium'' was one of 56 ''Arabis''-class sloops built for the Royal Navy during World War I.<ref name=FrameBaker114/> The [[sloops-of-war]] were intended for minesweeping duties in European waters.<ref name=FrameBaker114/>

''Geranium'' had a displacement of 1,250 tons.<ref name=FrameBaker114/> She was {{Convert|267|ft|9|in|}} in [[length overall]], had a beam of {{Convert|33|ft|6|in|}}, and a maximum draught of {{Convert|11|ft|9|in|}}.<ref name=Bastock90>Bastock, ''Australia's Ships of War'', p. 90</ref> The propulsion system consisted of a four-cylinder [[triple expansion engine]], connected to a single propeller shaft.<ref name=Bastock90/> Maximum speed was {{Convert|16.5|kn}}, and the ship could achieve a range of {{Convert|2000|nmi}} at {{convert|15|kn}}.<ref name=Bastock90/> Up to 250 tons of coal could be carried.<ref>Frame & Baker, ''Mutiny!'', p. 115</ref>

''Geranium'' was laid down for the [[Royal Navy]] by the [[Greenock Dockyard Company|Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company]], [[Greenock]], Scotland, in August 1915 and launched on 8 November 1915.<ref name=Bastock91>Bastock, ''Australia's Ships of War'', p. 91</ref> She was delivered to the Royal Navy on 18 March 1916.<ref name="sweptp366">Dorling 1935, p. 366</ref>

==Operational history==
''Geranium'' joined the [[Mediterranean Fleet]] after commissioning, being based at [[Malta]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c.: IXI. — Mediterranean Fleet |magazine=The Navy List |date=June 1916 |page=20 |url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/92051366 |access-date=29 July 2022 |via=National Library of Scotland}}</ref>

After World War I, ''Geranium'' and two sister ships ({{HMAS|Mallow||2}} and {{HMAS|Marguerite||2}}) were sent to Australia to clear mines deployed by the German auxiliary cruiser {{SMS|Wolf|1916|6}}.<ref name=FrameBaker114>Frame & Baker, ''Mutiny!'', p. 114</ref> Despite hard work in rough seas, the ships only found one mine.<ref name=FrameBaker114/>

''Geranium'' and the other two ships were transferred to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] on 18 October 1919.<ref name=FrameBaker114/> The ships' minesweeper design made them suitable for handling survey equipment,<ref name=FrameBaker114/> and ''Geranium'' entered RAN service as the navy's first [[survey ship]].<ref name=Bastock92>Bastock, ''Australia's Ships of War'', p. 92</ref> The ship was poorly designed for survey duties in tropical Australian waters: she was designed for the [[North Sea]] climate, and was required to carry a ship's company of 113, 36 more than the intended ship's company of 77.<ref name=FrameBaker114/> In 1923, the sloop ran aground on an uncharted reef off [[Vanderlin Island]] in the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]].<ref>Frame & Baker, ''Mutiny!'', pp. 118-9</ref> The ship's company were able to refloat the ship and patch the damage, and after repairs in Sydney, the ship resumed northern survey operations.<ref name=FrameBaker119>Frame & Baker, ''Mutiny!'', p. 119</ref> In October, ''Geranium'' rescued the civilian steamship ''Montoro'' after she struck [[Young Reef]].<ref name=FrameBaker119/>

In early 1924, the ship ran aground again in the [[MacArthur River]].<ref name=FrameBaker119/> The ship was refloated and repaired.<ref name=FrameBaker119/> Later that year, ''Geranium'' was fitted to carry a [[Fairey III|Fairey IIID]] [[seaplane]]: the first RAN survey vessel to carry an aircraft.<ref name=FrameBaker120>Frame & Baker, ''Mutiny!'', p. 120</ref> In May 1927, the survey ship assisted the steamship ''Tasman'', which had hit a reef off [[Clarke Island (Tasmania)|Clarke Island]].<ref name=FrameBaker120/>

==Decommissioning and fate==
''Geranium'' paid off in 1927.<ref name=Bastock92/> The ship was broken up for scrap at [[Cockatoo Island Dockyard]] during 1932, and the stripped hulk was sunk as a target in the [[Tasman Sea]] outside [[Sydney Heads]] on 24 April 1935.<ref name=FrameBaker120/><ref>Gray, Randal, ed., ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|9780851772455}}, p. 95.</ref>

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*{{cite book |last=Bastock |first=John |title=Australia's Ships of War |year=1975 |publisher=Angus and Robertson |location=Cremorne, NSW |isbn=0207129274 |oclc=2525523}}
* {{cite book |last=Dorling |first=Taprell |title=Swept Channels: Being an Account of the Work of the Minesweepers in the Great War |year=1935 |location=London |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton }}
*{{cite book |last=Frame |first=Tom |author2=Baker, Kevin |title=Mutiny! Naval Insurrections in Australia and New Zealand |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St. Leonards, NSW |year=2000 |isbn=1-86508-351-8 |oclc=46882022}}

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[[Category:World War I sloops of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Arabis-class sloops of the Royal Australian Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]
[[Category:1915 ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1935]]
[[Category:Ships sunk as targets]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Tasman Sea]]
[[Category:Scuttled vessels of New South Wales]]

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