H.M.S Azalea sister to H.M.S. Jessamine in coastal waters during WWII. The photograph is borrowed from the Ministry of Defence Foxhill Collection of Ship Photographs. © IWM (FL 1303) [559]

H.M.S. Jessamine (Pendant No. T.43 from 1915 and T.47 from 1918) was an Azalea Class minesweeper built at the Neptune Yard, Low Walker on the Tyne by Swan, Hunter, Wigham Richardson Limited. She was launched during October 1915 and was of steel construction being of 1,250 tons with dimensions of 255.3 ft. length x 33.5 ft. breath x 11.8 ft. draft. Her engines developed 1,800 horsepower and she was equipped with two 4" guns and two three pounder guns. She dropped depth charges and sank the German submarine U 104 which had been damaged earlier in the day by attacks from the American destroyer Cushing. She was sold to T. E. Evans at Penarth for breaking up in December 1922. [102]