HMS Zinnia (1915)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Zinnia |
| Builder | Swan Hunter |
| Launched | 12 August 1915 |
| Fate | Sold to Belgium 19 April 1920 |
| Belgium | |
| Name | Zinnia |
| Fate | Captured by Germany, 1940 |
| Germany | |
| Name | Barbara |
| Fate | Surrendered to Allies 1945 |
| Belgium | |
| Name | Breydel |
| Fate | Scrapped 1952 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Azalea-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) |
| Length | 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) o/a |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.35 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
| Complement | 90 |
| Armament | 2 × QF 4.7-inch Mk IV guns and 2 × 1 - 3-pounders (47 mm) AA. |
HMS Zinnia was an Azalea-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy, built in 1915 at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson yard, at Wallsend in the United Kingdom.It was sold to Belgium on 19 April 1920 to join their new Corps of Destroyers and Sailors.