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WWI armed yachts

more than 1000 BRT:

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions (LppxB), m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Aegusa (ex-Erin) (082) 7.12.1896 // 7.1915 Scotts, Greenock 1057       2 - 76/45 sunk 28.4.1916
Albion, 4.1915- Albion III 24.11.1904 // 2.1915 Swan Hunter, Low Walker 1116       2 - 76/40, 1 - 57 stricken 3.1919
Atalanta (ex-Lorena) 1903 // 6.1915   1303       2 - 76/45 stricken 2.1919
Beryl (ex-Princess Alice) 1898 // 1.1915   1042       2 - 76/45 stricken 3.1919
Iolanda 4.3.1908 // 5.1915 Ramage & Ferguson, Leith 1647       2 - 76/45 stricken 2.1919
Liberty (ex-Curityba), 10.1918- Liberty IV 5.12.1907 // 9.1915 Ramage & Ferguson, Leith 1607         hospital transport 1917
Lysistrata (ex-Yaroslava) 27.8.1900 // 8.1918 Denny, Dumbarton 1943       2 - 102/ returned to Russia 8.1918
Mlada (ex-Semiramis), 7.1919- Alacrity 1900 // 9.1918   1792         sold 1926
Sapphire, 2.1915- Sapphire II 3.1912 // 1.1915 John Brown, Clydebank 1207       2 - 76/40 stricken 2.1919
Surprise (ex-Razsvet) 13.6.1896 // 9.1918 Ailsa SB, Troon 1143 76.8x10.1 17 2VTE   despatch vessel 3.1920, sold 6.1923
Triad (N88) 9.11.1908 // 2.1915 Caledon SB, Dundee 1182 76.3x10.7   2VTE 2 - 76/40 HQ ship, SSV 1.1920, sold 5.1933
Valhalla, 2.1917- Valhalla II 20.10.1892 /.6.1916 Ramage & Ferguson, Leith 1211 73.0x11.3   1VTE 4 - 76/40 repair ship 1917
Valiant, 2.1915- Valiant II 3.5.1893 // 11.1914 Laird, Birkenhead 1823 93.8x11.9   2VTE 4 - 76/40 stricken 2.1919
Warrior (ex-Wayfarer) 4.2.1904 // 2.1917 Ailsa SB, Troon 1098 91.0x9.9 15 2VTE 2 - 76/40 SSV, stricken 12.1918

100 - 1000 BRT:

Adventuress (1913, 342, 2 - 76, sweep, 11.1914 - 3.1919); Agatha (1905, 353, 1 - 76, 9.1914 - 3.1919); Alvinia (ex-Sokolitsa) (1901, 597, 8.1918 - 7.1919); Amalthaea (ex-Iolanthe), 11.1918- Iolaire (1881, 415, 3.1915 - 1.1.1919); Amethyst (ex-Nellie II), 3.1915- Amethyst III (1877, 201, 9.1914 - 9.1914, 3.1915 - 2.1917); Amy (ex-Jason) (1877, 288, 1 - 76, 7.1915 - 3.1919); Ariane (ex-Sheelah) (1898, 492, 1 - 76, 2.1915 - 2.1916); Aries (1880, 201, 9.1914 - 31.10.1915); Aster, 6.1915- Aster II (1883, 201, 9.1914 - 10.1915); Bacchante II (ex-Zaria) (1891, 759, 2 - 76, 2.1915 - 2.1916); Boadicea II (1882, 305, 1 - 76, 5.1915 - 3.1919); Branwen (1905, 131, 1.1915 - 3.1917), Calanthe (1898, 370, 5.1917 - 5.1919); Calista (1902, 229, 9.1914 - 12.1917); Catania (1895, 589, 2 - 76, 9.1914 - 2.1919); Ceto, 3.1918- Ceto II (1888, 140, 9.1914 - 3.1918); Ceylon (ex-Lady Ina) (1891, 311, 3.1915 - 7.1916); Clementina (ex-Sultana) (1887, 469, 9.1914 - 5.8.1915); Conqueror II (1889, 407, 2.1915 - 26.9.1916); Corycia (ex-Christine) (1896, 195, 9.1914 - 11.1917); Diane (ex-Vanessa) (1902, 194, 9.1914 - 11.1917); dotter (ex-Dotterel) (1887, 165, 4.1918 - 6.1922); Eileen (ex-Doris) (1910, 910, 2 - 76, 11.1914 - 4.1919); Ellida (1894, 265, 9.1914 - 8.1918); Eriska (1902, 285, 1 - 76, 6.1915 - 3.1919); Eun Mara (ex-Monique) (1906, 210, 2.1915 - 5.1916); Evening Star (ex-The Evening Star) (1894, 191, 9.1914 - 2.1917); Franklin (RAN) (ex-Adele) (1905, 288, 1912 - 1924); Gael (ex-Sapphire) (1904, 101, 10.1917 - 3.1919); Goissa (ex-Sapphire) (1898, 882, 2 - 76, 2.1916 - 15.11.1918); Greta (1898, 292, 1 - 76, 10.1914 - 3.1919); Grianaig (1904, 351, 1914 - 11.1914); Hecate (1903, 424, 1 - 76, 10.1914 - 3.1919); Helga (1908, 323, 3.1915 - 1922); Hersilia (1895, 330, 9.1914 - 6.1.1916); Ilex (ex-Anemone) (1896, 120, 9.1914 - 7.1915); Iolaire, 11.1918- Amalthaea (1902, 852, 2 - 76, 3.1915 - 2.1919); Iris (,, 3.1918 - 8.1919); Ironsides (,, 6.1918 - 3.1920); Isle of May (1896, 119, 7.1918 - 5.1919); James Fletcher (1907, 264, 9.1914 - 2.1919); Jason II (1912, 561, 2 - 76, 2.1915 - 2.1919); Jeanette, 11.1915- Jeanette II (1911, 921, 2 - 76, 1.1915 - 2.1919); Josephine (ex-Gorislava) (1899, 974, 2 - 102/, 8.1918 - 4.1919); Kethailes (1903, 625, 9.1914 - 11.10.1917); Lady Blanche (1907, 360, 1 - 76, 3.1915 - 3.1919); Leto (,, 9.1918 - 1.1919); Lorna (ex-Beryl) (1904, 427, 9.1914 - 2.1919); Maid of Honour (1907, 419, 2 - 76, 4.1915 - 2.1919); Managem (ex-Hildegarde) (1904, 206, 1 - 76, 1.1917 - 1.1919); Marcella (ex-Marchesa) (1887, 127, 7.1915 - 24.3.1916); Marynthea (1911, 854, 2 - 76, 2.1915 - 2.1919); Mavis (1903, 218, 7.1917 - 5.1919); Medusa, 6.1915- Medusa II (1906, 598, 1 - 76, 1.1915 - 3.1919); Mekong (ex-Maud) (1906, 903, 2 - 76, 4.1915 - 12.3.1916); Melisande (ex-Monarch) (1883, 264, 8.1918 - 8.1919); Mera (1886, 219, 1 - 76, 12.1914 - 3.1919); Mingary (1899, 591, 1.1915 - 3.1919); Minona (1906, 199, 10.1914 - 6.1918); Miranda, 2.1915- Miranda II (1909, 793, 2 - 76, 1.1915 - 2.1919); Monsoon (ex-Latharna) (1897, 366, 2 - 76, 5.1915 - 2.1919); Mordred (ex-Merlin) (1897, 181, 4.1917 - 5.1919); Nairn (ex-St. Serf) (1913, 437, 2 - 76, 4.1915 - 2.1919); Narcissus, 9.1915- Narcissus II (1905, 551, 2 - 76, 1.1915 - 2.1919); North Star II (ex-Cherokee) (1893, 819, 2 - 76, 10.1915 - 3.1919); Ombra (1902, 236, 9.1914 - 2.1918); Oriana, 12.1915- Oriana II (1896, 122, 9.1914 - 11.1917); Otter (1903, 145, 1916 - 3.1917); Paulina (ex-The Queen Mother) (1894, 264, 7.1916 - 5.1919); Pioneer II (1914, 366, 1 - 76, 10.1915 - 3.1919); Portia, 12.1915- Portia II (1906, 433, 1 - 76, 10.1914 - 4.1919); Priscilla (ex-Garland) (1888, 179, 8.1917 - 7.1919); Rhiannon (1914, 126, 9.1914 - 20.7.1915); Rhouma (ex-Triton) (1902, 279, 10.1914 - 4.1919); Rosabelle (1902, 526, 1.1915 - 3.1919); Rovenska (1904, 625, 2 - 76, 4.1915 - 3.1919); Sabrina, 12.1915- Sabrina (1899, 379, 1 - 76, 2.1915 - 3.1919); Safa el Bahr (1894, 487, 2 - 76, 8.1915 - 4.1919); Sagitta (1908, 744, 2 - 76, 12.1914 - 2.1918); St. George, 6.1918- Oriflamme, 9.1918- Wallington, 3.1919- St. George (1890, 641, 3.1915 - 1.1916, 4.1918 - 3.1919); Salvator (ex-Katoomba) (1903, 684, 2 - 76, 3.1915 - 3.1919); Sanda (ex-St. Serf) (1906, 300, 1.1915 - 25.9.1915); Sayonara (ex-Golzeko Izarra) (1880, 480, 2 - 76, 6.1915 - 10.1918); Scadaun (1912, 108, 10.1914 - 3.1919); Sea Fay (1902, 164, 9.1914 - 2.1919); Shemara (ex-Victoria) (1899, 477, 1 - 76, 9.1914 - 3.1919); Simoun, 4.1918- Sigismund (1897, 204, 5.1916 - 3.1919); Sorceress (ex-Enchantress) (1887, 222, 12.1914 - 2.1915); Stadacona (RCN) (ex-Columbia) (1893, 780, 1 - 102/, 1 - 76, 3.1916 - 4.1920); Surf (1902, 496, 2 - 76, 2.1915 - 4.1919); Taurus (ex-Aline) (1880, 229, 10.1914 - 10.1917); Thistle (1881, 369, 10.1914 - 6.1915); Vagrant (1903, 440, 1 - 76, 9.1914 - 2.1919); Vanadis (1880, 207, 6.1915 - 10.1917); Vanessa (ex-Golden Eagle), 2.1917- Vanessa II (1899, 356, 10.1914 - 3.1919); Venetia, 2.1917- Venetia II (1905, 577, 8.1914 - 2.1919); Vergemere (1903, 316, 6.1915 - 12.1915); Verona (ex-Tighnamara) (1890, 331, 11.1914 - 24.2.1917); Wintonia (ex-Ladye Maisry) (1894, 168, 11.1914 - 4.1915); Yarta (1898, 271, 7.1915 - 4.1919); Zaida (1900, 255, 5.1916 - 17.8.1916); Zara (1895, 422, 2 - 76, 3.1915 - 3.1919); Zarefah (ex-Maretanza V) (1905, 235, 8.1914 - 8.5.1917); Zaza (1905, 423, 1 - 76, 9.1914 - 3.1919); Zoraide (ex-Sylvabelle) (1894, 532, 1 - 76, 9.1914 - 3.1919)

Project history: yachts hired for patrol and examination service.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. Aegusa was mined 28.4.1916 near Malta.

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