HMAS Marguerite

HMAS Marguerite was an Arabis-class sloop laid down for the Royal Navy by Dunlop Bremner & Company at Port Glasgow in Scotland in July 1915 and launched on 23 November 1915. She was transferred to Australia in 1919 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 17 January 1920, as HMAS Marguerite. After being paid off on 23 July 1929 she was sunk as a target on 1 August 1935.[1]

HMAS Marguerite in 1920
History
United Kingdom
Name	Marguerite
Builder	Dunlop Bremner & Company, Port Glasgow, Scotland
Laid down	July 1915
Launched	23 November 1915
Fate	Transferred to Australia, 1919
Australia
Name	Marguerite
Acquired	1919
Commissioned	17 January 1920
Decommissioned	23 July 1929
Fate	Sunk as a target, 1 August 1935
General characteristics
Class and type	Arabis-class sloop
Displacement	1,250 long tons (1,270 t)
Length	255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p/p 267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 screw
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) with max. 260 tons of coal
Complement	79
Armament	2 × 1 - QF 4 inch Mk IV guns, BL 4 inch Mk IX guns or QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns and 2 × 1 - 3-pounders (47 mm) AA.