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===World War I===
During [[World War I]], the sloop was tasked primarily with [[minesweeping]]. On 31 December 1915, Mallow picked up the bulk of the survivors of the passenger ship {{ship|SS|Persia|1900|2}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.familyletters.co.uk/2-january-1916-ted-the-sinking-of-the-persia/|title=2 January 1916 – Ted – The Sinking of the Persia|newspaper=familyletters.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> (which had been torpedoed the day before off [[Crete]]) and conveyed them to [[Alexandria]]. In 1918, ''Mallow'' rescued the passengers of the French mailboat {{SS|Djemnah||2}}, including future [[List of colonial heads of Madagascar|acting Governor-General]] of [[Madagascar]] [[Marie Casimir Joseph Guyon|Joseph Guyon]], after the mailboat was torpedoed by a German [[U-boat]]. ''Mallow'' later received letters of commendation from the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] and Guyon.