HMS Foxglove (1915)

HMS Foxglove was an Acacia-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy built at Glasgow, Scotland, by Barclay Curle and launched on 30 March 1915. She entered service later that year. During World War I, she and the other Acacia-class sloops were used almost exclusively for minesweeping duties until 1917, when the Royal Navy began to use them as convoy escorts, a task to which they were well suited.

Service in Chinese waters
Foxglove served on the China Station during the early 1920s. In 1921, she joined the Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Carlisle (D67) and the commercial steamer SS Shansi in rescuing survivors of the passenger steamship SS Hong Moh, which had wrecked on 3 March 1921 near Swatow, China, with a loss of around 1,000 lives; Carlisle rescued 221 survivors, while Shansi saved 45 and Foxglove 28.

World War II
Foxglove was one of only two Acacia-class sloops to survive long enough to see service in World War II. She became a loss when she was dive-bombed and badly damaged by German aircraft off the Isle of Wight on 9 July 1940. She remained afloat, and was converted into an accommodation ship and base ship. In this new role, she became a harbour guard ship in 1941, serving at Londonderry (also known as Derry) in Northern Ireland for the remainder of World War II.

Fate
The last surviving Acacia-class sloop, Foxglove was sold for scrapping on 7 September 1946. She was scrapped at Troon, Scotland.

Legacy
Foxglove's logbook is among those that was selected for digitisation as part of the online Old Weather project.