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|Ship image=HMS Acacia IWM SP 000518.jpg
|Ship caption=HMS ''Acacia''
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|Name=''Acacia'' class
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|Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
*{{navy|Portugal}}
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|Class after={{sclass|Azalea|sloop|4}}
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|Built range=1915
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|In commission range=1915&ndash;1959
|Total ships building=
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|Total ships completed=24
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|Total ships lost=3
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|Ship type=[[Minesweeper]]
|Ship displacement= 1,200 tons
|Ship length=*{{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} [[p/p]]
*{{convert|262|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} [[o/a]]
|Ship beam= {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}
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|Ship draught= {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
*2 × cylindrical boilers
*1 screw
|Ship speed= Designed for {{convert|1400|hp|abbr=on|-1}} or {{convert|1800|hp|abbr=on|-1}} to make {{convert|17|kn|km/h}}, but actually required about {{convert|2200|ihp|abbr=on|-1}} for this speed
|Ship range= {{convert|2000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} with max. 250 tons of coal
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|Ship complement=77 men
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|Ship armament=Designed to mount 2 × [[12-pounder gun|12-pounder (76 mm) gun]]s and 2 × [[3-pounder gun|3-pounder (47 mm) AA gun]]s, but with wide variations
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The '''''Acacia'' class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of twenty-four [[sloop-of-war|sloops]] that were ordered in January 1915 under the Emergency War Programme for the [[Royal Navy]] in World War I as part of the larger {{sclass2|Flower|sloop|4}} which were also referred to as the "Cabbage class", or "Herbaceous Borders". They were ordered in two batches, twelve ships on 1 January and another twelve on 12 January, and all were launched within about four or five months, and delivered between May and September 1915. They were used almost entirely for minesweeping until 1917, when they were transferred to escort duty.

They were single-screw fleet sweeping vessels (sloops) with triple hulls at the bows to give extra protection against loss when working.

== Ships ==
* {{HMS|Acacia|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson]], [[Wallsend]] on Tyne, launched 15 April 1915. Sold 6 September 1922.
* {{HMS|Anemone|1915|2}} &mdash; built by Swan Hunter, launched 13 May 1915. Sold for breaking up 6 September 1922.
* {{HMS|Aster|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] & Engineering Co, [[Kingston upon Hull]], launched 1 May 1915. Mined 4 July 1917 in the Mediterranean.
* {{HMS|Bluebell|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], [[Greenock]], launched 24 July 1915. Sold for breaking up 26 May 1930.
* {{HMS|Daffodil|1915|2}} &mdash; built by Scotts, launched 17 August 1915. Sold for breaking up 22 February 1935.
* {{HMS|Dahlia|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Barclay Curle & Company]], [[Whiteinch]], launched 21 April 1915. Sold for breaking up 2 July 1932.
* {{HMS|Daphne|1915|2}} &mdash; built by Barclay Curle, launched 19 May 1915. Sold for breaking up 15 January 1923.
* {{HMS|Foxglove|1915|2}} &mdash; built by Barclay Curle, launched 30 March 1915, to guardship 1942, base ship 1943, sold for breaking up 7 September 1946.
* {{HMS|Hollyhock|1915|2}} &mdash; built Barclay Curle, launched 1 May 1915. Sold for breaking up 7 October 1930.
* {{HMS|Honeysuckle|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Lobnitz|Lobnitz & Company]], [[Renfrew]], launched 29 April 1915. Sold 6 September 1922.
* {{HMS|Iris|1915|2}} &mdash; built by Lobnitz, launched 2 June 1915. Sold 26 January 1920, becoming mercantile ''Principe d'Asturias''.
* {{HMS|Jonquil|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Charles Connell and Company]], [[Scotstoun]], launched 12 May 1915. Sold May 1920 in Portugal, becoming Portuguese warship NRP ''Carvalho Araújo'', classified as a cruiser, discarded 1959.
* {{HMS|Laburnum|1915|2}} &mdash; built by C Connell & Co, launched 10 June 1915. Hulked as [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve|RNVR]] [[training ship|drill ship]] in [[Singapore]] 1935, lost in February 1942 at the [[Battle of Singapore|fall of Singapore]].
* {{HMS|Larkspur|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Napier & Miller]], [[Old Kilpatrick]], launched 11 May 1915. Sold for breaking up in March 1922.
* {{HMS|Lavender|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Archibald McMillan & Son]], [[Dumbarton]], launched 12 June 1915. Sunk by German submarine {{SMU|UC-75||2}} in the English Channel, 4 May 1917.
* {{HMS|Lilac|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company]], Greenock, launched 2 April 1915. Sold for breaking up 15 December 1922. 
* {{HMS|Lily|1915|2}} &mdash; built by Barclay Curle, launched 16 June 1915. Depot ship October 1923, renamed ''Vulcan II''; renamed ''Adamant II'' in 1930. Sold for breaking up 25 June 1930. 
* {{HMS|Magnolia|1915|2}} &mdash; built by Scotts, launched 26 June 1915. Sold for breaking up 2 July 1932.
* {{HMAS|Mallow||2}} &mdash; built by Barclay Curle, launched 13 July 1915. Transferred to [[Royal Australian Navy]] in July 1919, dismantled July 1932, sunk as target off Sydney 1 August 1935.
* {{HMS|Marigold|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Bow, McLachlan and Company]], launched 27 May 1915. Sold 26 January 1920, becoming mercantile ''Principe de Piamonte''.
* {{HMS|Mimosa|1915|2}} &mdash; built by Bow, MacLachlan & Co, launched 16 July 1915. Sold for breaking up 18 November 1922.
* {{HMS|Primrose|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[William Simons & Company]], [[Renfrew]], launched 29 June 1915. Sold for breaking up 9 April 1923.
* {{HMS|Sunflower|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[D. & W. Henderson & Company]], [[Glasgow]], launched 28 May 1915. Sold 27 January 1921 to Rangoon Port Commissioners, and renamed ''Lanbya''. Resold 1923 to [[Mitsui O.S.K. Lines|Osaka Shosen(O.S.K)]], and renamed ''Yashima Maru''. Breaking up maybe 1953 .
* {{HMS|Veronica|1915|2}} &mdash; built by [[Dunlop Bremner & Company]], [[Port Glasgow]], launched 27 May 1915. Sold for breaking up 22 February 1935.

==References==
{{reflist}}
* ''British and Empire Warships of the Second World War'', H T Lenton, 1998, Greenhill Books, {{ISBN|978-1-85367-277-4}} 
* ''Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I'', Janes Publishing, 1919
* ''The Grand Fleet, Warship Design and Development 1906-1922'', D. K. Brown, Chatham Publishing, 1999, {{ISBN|978-1-86176-099-9}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Acacia class sloop}}
* {{Cite web
| title = Royal Navy Log Books of the World War 1 Era 
| accessdate = 2013-12-15
| url = http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-LogBooksWW1.htm |work=naval-history.net }}  OldWeather.org transcription of ships' logbooks available for {{HMS|Acacia|1915|2}}, {{HMS|Bluebell|1915|2}}, {{HMS|Foxglove|1915|2}}, {{HMS|Hollyhock|1915|2}}, {{HMS|Laburnum|1915|2}}, {{HMS|Magnolia|1915|2}}, and {{HMS|Veronica|1915|2}}.

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