a speed of only , attempting to bring the damaged ship back to Bantry Bay. On 26 April, the tow parted, and the sloop took over the towing duties, but Dykland finally sank later that day, still short of safety. On 16 October 1917, Snowdrop took the American destroyer in tow, after the Cassin had been torpedoed by the previous day. On 17 July 1918, she rescued the survivors from the liner , which had been torpedoed three times and sunk by (six years earlier Carpathia had rescued the survivors from the ill-fated ). Snowdrop survived the war and continued in service until being sold for breaking up on 15 January 1923 to the Unity Ship Breaking Company. References Azalea-class sloops 1915 ships