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Modified Black Swan Class (1942) Sloop 
Ships

Ship Pennant
No
Commissioned Decommission/
Loss
Note:
Listed Alphabetically

Actaeon

U07/F07

24-Jul-1946 Mid-1953 To Federal German Navy as Hipper 1958. For disposal 1964.

Alacrity

U60/F60

13-Apr-1945 1951 Sold 15-Sep-1956. Scrapped at Troon 03-Nov-1956.

Amethyst

U16/F116

02-Nov-1943 1952 Sold and scrapped at Plymouth 18-Jan-1957.

Cauvery

U10/F110

21-Oct-1943 30-Sep-1977 To Royal Indian Navy.

Chanticleer

U05

29-Mar-1943 22-Nov-1943 Torpedoed by U-238 west of Portugal 18-Nov-1943 and written off as constructive total loss. Hulked as Hesperides, then Lusitania, scrapped Lisbon, 1946.

Crane

U23/F123

10-May-1943 1962 Sold 1965 and scrapped at Queenborough.

Cygnet

U38/F38

01-Dec-1942 1956 Sold and scrapped 16-Mar-1956 at Rosyth.

Hart

U58/F58

12-Dec-1943 1958 To Federal German Navy as Scheer 1958. For disposal 1968.

Hind

U39/F39

10-Apr-1944 1951 Broken up 10-Dec-1958.

Kite

U87

01-Mar-1943 21-Aug-1944 Torpedoed by U-344 Greenland Sea 21-Aug-1944.

Kistna

U46/F46

26-Aug-1943 1981 To Royal Indian Navy.

Lapwing

U62

21-Mar-1944 20-Mar-1945 Torpedoed by U-716 off Kola Inlet 20-Mar-1945.

Lark

U11

10-Apr-1944 17-Feb-1945 Torpedoed by U-968 off Kola Inlet 17-Feb-1945 and written off as constructive total loss. Salved and became Soviet Navy Ship Neptun, scrapped USSR 1960.

Magpie

U82/F82

30-Aug-1943 12-Jul-1959 Sold and scrapped 12-Jul-1959 at Blyth.

Mermaid

U30/F30

12-May-1944 1958 To Federal German Navy as Scharnhorst 1958. For disposal 1973.

Modeste

U42/F42

03-Sep-1945 11-Mar-1961 Sold and scrapped at St Davids-on-Forth 11-Mar-1961.

Nereide

U64/F64

03-Sep-1945 1958 Sold and scrapped at Bo'ness 18-May-1958.

Nonsuch

U54

n/a   Cancelled 23-Oct-1945 and broken up on slip.

Nymphe

U84, U91

n/a   Cancelled 23-Oct-1945 and broken up on slip.

Opossum

U33/F33

16-Jun-1945 26-Apr-1960 Sold and scrapped at Plymouth 26-Apr-1960.

Partridge

U35, U37

n/a   Cancelled Oct-1945.

Peacock

U96/F96

10-May-1944 1954 Sold and scrapped at Rosyth 07-May-1958.

Pheasant

U49/F49

12-May-1943 1954 Sold and scrapped at Troon 15-Jan-1963.

Redpole

U69/F69

24-Jun-1943 Nov-1960 Sold and scrapped at St Davids-on-Forth 20-Nov-1960.

Snipe

U20/F20

09-Sep-1946 1953 Sold and scrapped 23-Aug-1960.

Sparrow

U71/F71

16-Dec-1946 26-May-1958 Sold and scrapped 26-May-1958.

Starling

U66/F66

01-Apr-1943 1959 Sold and scrapped at Queensborough 06-Jul-1965.

Waterhen

U05

n/a   Cancelled 02-Nov-1945.

Whimbrel

U29/F29

12-Jan-1943 1946 Royal Egyptian Navy. El Malek 1949. Tarik 1954.

Wild Goose

U45/F45

11-Mar-1943 1956 Sold and scrapped 27-Feb-1956.

Woodcock

U90/F90

29-May-1943 1946 Sold and scrapped at Rosyth 28-Nov-1955.

Woodpecker

U08

14-Dec-1942 27-Feb-1944 Torpedoed by U-256, North Atlantic, 20-Feb-1944. Foundered while under tow 27-Feb-1944.

Wren

U28/F28

04-Feb-1943 1956 Sold and scrapped at Rosyth 02-Feb-1956.

Wryneck

U31

n/a   Cancelled 02-Nov-1945.
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