HMS Bryony (1917)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bryony.

HMS Bryony was an Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Armstrong Whitworth and launched on 27 October 1917.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bryony
Ordered	21 February 1917
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Launched	27 October 1917
Fate	Sold for breaking up on 3 April 1938
General characteristics
Class and type	Anchusa-class sloop
Displacement	1,290 tons
Length	250 ft (76 m) (p/p), 262.25 ft (79.93 m)(overall)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) (mean) 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) - 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) (deep)
Propulsion	One screw, 4-cylinder triple expansion Two boilers 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	Coal: 260 tons
Complement	93
Armament	2 × QF 4-inch Mk IV guns or BL 4-inch Mk IX guns 2 × 12-pounder guns 4 x depth charge throwers

She was used to escort convoys during the First World War, and in common with other ships of her class, was disguised as a merchant vessel, known as a Q-ship. After the war she remained in service with the Royal Navy and between 7 April 1933 and January 1934, she was commanded by Bernard Warburton-Lee, later to posthumously be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Second World War.

She was decommissioned before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold on 3 April 1938 to Cashmore, of Newport, Monmouthshire to be broken up.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company