Editing Sloop-of-war (section)

===Revival===
During the [[First World War]], the sloop rating was revived by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy]] for small warships not intended for fleet deployments. Examples include the [[Anchusa-class sloop|Flower classes]] of "convoy sloops", those designed for [[convoy]] escort, and the {{sclass2|Hunt|minesweeper (1916)|4}} of "minesweeping sloops", those intended for [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeping]] duty.

The Royal Navy continued to build vessels rated as sloops during the interwar years. These sloops were small warships intended for colonial "[[gunboat diplomacy]]" deployments, surveying duties, and acting during wartime as convoy escorts. As they were not intended to deploy with the fleet, sloops had a maximum speed of less than {{convert|20|kn|km/h|0}}. A number of such sloops, for example the {{sclass|Grimsby|sloop|5}} and {{sclass|Kingfisher|sloop|5}} classes, were built in the interwar years. Fleet minesweepers such as the {{sclass|Algerine|minesweeper|4}} were rated as "minesweeping sloops". The Royal Navy officially dropped the term "sloop" in 1937, although the term remained in widespread and general use.

[[File:HQS-Wellington-Crossthames.jpg|right|thumb|264px|The {{sclass|Grimsby|sloop|0}} {{HMS|Wellington|U65|6}}. Launched in 1934, the vessel is now berthed on [[River Thames|the Thames]]]]