HMS Laburnum (1915)

HMS Laburnum in a photo taken in 1917 by Eric Murray from HMS Poppy
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Laburnum
NamesakeLaburnum
BuilderCharles Connell and Company, Scotstoun
Laid downFebruary 1915
Launched10 June 1915
CompletedAugust 1915
IdentificationPennant number: T49 (January 1918), later T48
FateTransferred to New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, 11 March 1922
New Zealand
NameHMS Laburnum
Acquired11 March 1922
FateTransferred to Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve, 11 February 1935
Straits Settlements
NameHMS Laburnum
Acquired11 February 1935
FateScuttled, 15 February 1942
General characteristics
Class & typeAcacia-class sloop
Displacement1,200 long tons (1,219 t)
Length
  • 250 ft (76 m) p/p
  • 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) o/a
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
  • 2 × cylindrical boilers
  • 1 screw
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) with max. 250 tons of coal
Complement77
Armament

HMS Laburnum was a Royal Navy Acacia-class sloop built by Charles Connell and Company, Scotstoun. She was scuttled during the fall of Singapore in 1942.

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