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| | |image=HMAS Geranium (9916498703607636).jpg | ||
| | |image_caption=HMAS ''Geranium'' | ||
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| | |country=United Kingdom | ||
| | |flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} | ||
| | |name=''Geranium'' | ||
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| | |builder=[[Greenock Dockyard Company|Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company]] | ||
| | |laid_down=August 1915 | ||
| | |launched=8 November 1915 | ||
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| | |fate=Transferred to Australia, 1919 | ||
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| | |country=Australia | ||
| | |flag={{shipboxflag|Australia|naval-1913}} | ||
| | |name=''Geranium'' | ||
| | |acquired=18 October 1919 | ||
| | |commissioned=17 January 1920 | ||
| | |decommissioned=10 November 1927 | ||
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| | |nickname=Gerger | ||
*Sunk as a hulk, 24 April 1935 | |honours= | ||
| | |fate=*Dismantled, June 1932 | ||
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| | |class={{sclass|Arabis|sloop|0}} [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]] | ||
| | |displacement=1,250 tons | ||
| | |length={{Convert|267|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]] | ||
| | |beam={{Convert|33|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | ||
*1 screw | |height= | ||
| | |draught={{Convert|11|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | ||
| | |propulsion=*1 × 4-cylinder [[triple expansion engine]] | ||
| | *1 screw | ||
| | |speed={{Convert|16.5|kn}} | ||
| | |range={{Convert|2000|nmi}} at {{Convert|15|kn|abbr=on}} with max. 250 tons of coal | ||
*113 (RAN) | |endurance= | ||
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| | |complement=*77 (RN) | ||
| | *113 (RAN) | ||
| | |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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|aircraft=1 × [[Fairey III|Fairey IIID]] [[seaplane]] (RAN) | |||
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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. | '''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. | ||
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''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'' 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 | ''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> | ''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> | ||
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Design and construction
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Geranium was laid down for the Royal Navy by the Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Greenock, Scotland, in August 1915 and launched on 8 November 1915.[4] She was delivered to the Royal Navy on 18 March 1916.[5]
Operational history
Geranium joined the Mediterranean Fleet after commissioning, being based at Malta.[6]
After World War I, Geranium and two sister ships (Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".) were sent to Australia to clear mines deployed by the German auxiliary cruiser Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[1] Despite hard work in rough seas, the ships only found one mine.[1]
Geranium and the other two ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 18 October 1919.[1] The ships' minesweeper design made them suitable for handling survey equipment,[1] and Geranium entered RAN service as the navy's first survey ship.[7] 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.[1] In 1923, the sloop ran aground on an uncharted reef off Vanderlin Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria.[8] 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.[9] In October, Geranium rescued the civilian steamship Montoro after she struck Young Reef.[9]
In early 1924, the ship ran aground again in the MacArthur River.[9] The ship was refloated and repaired.[9] Later that year, Geranium was fitted to carry a Fairey IIID seaplane: the first RAN survey vessel to carry an aircraft.[10] In May 1927, the survey ship assisted the steamship Tasman, which had hit a reef off Clarke Island.[10]
Decommissioning and fate
Geranium paid off in 1927.[7] 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.[10][11]
Citations
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h Frame & Baker, Mutiny!, p. 114
- ↑ a b c Bastock, Australia's Ships of War, p. 90
- ↑ Frame & Baker, Mutiny!, p. 115
- ↑ Bastock, Australia's Ships of War, p. 91
- ↑ Dorling 1935, p. 366
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- ↑ a b Bastock, Australia's Ships of War, p. 92
- ↑ Frame & Baker, Mutiny!, pp. 118-9
- ↑ a b c d Frame & Baker, Mutiny!, p. 119
- ↑ a b c Frame & Baker, Mutiny!, p. 120
- ↑ Gray, Randal, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, Template:ISBN, p. 95.
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References
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