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HMS Black Swan (L57)
Sloop of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Black Swan, was the name ship of the Black Swan-class sloops of the Royal Navy. This class was admired for its sea-going qualities.
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Name | HMS Black Swan |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 20 June 1938 |
Launched | 7 July 1939 |
Commissioned | 27 January 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number L57/U57/F57 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1956 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Black Swan-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,250 tons |
Length | 299 ft 6 in (91.29 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 180 |
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Service record | |
Part of: | British Pacific Fleet (1945) |
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Victories: | U-124 (2 April 1943) |
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