Sea Weapons

Sloop (1939)

Black Swan class

HMS Woodpecker (U08)

Preceded by:

Egret (1938)

Succeeded by:

Banff (1941)
River (1942)

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Black Swan L57 Yarrow20/06/193807/07/193927/01/194003/1952Sold/Scrapped
Erne U03 Furness21/09/193905/08/194026/04/194119/02/1946Sold/Scrapped
Flamingo L18 Yarrow26/05/193818/04/193903/11/193912/1955Transferred
Ibis U99 Furness21/09/193928/11/194030/08/194110/11/1942 Loss by aircraft
Modified Black Swan:
Actaeon U07 Thornycroft15/05/194425/07/194524/07/194614/01/1953Transferred
Alacrity U60 Denny05/04/194301/09/194413/04/194510/1952Sold/Scrapped
Amethyst U16 A. Stephens25/03/194207/05/194302/11/19431952Sold/Scrapped
Chanticleer U05 Denny06/06/194124/09/194229/03/194318/11/1943Sold/Scrapped
Crane U23 Denny13/06/194109/11/194210/05/19431962Sold/Scrapped
Cygnet U38 Cammell Laird30/08/194128/07/194201/12/19421954Sold/Scrapped
Hart U58 A. Stephens27/03/194207/07/194312/12/194305/1951Transferred
Hind U39 Denny31/08/194230/09/194311/04/19441951Sold/Scrapped
Kite U87 Cammell Laird25/09/194113/10/194201/03/194321/08/1944 Loss by submarine
Lapwing U62 Scotts17/12/194116/07/194321/03/194420/03/1945 Loss by submarine
Lark U11 Scotts05/05/194228/08/194310/04/194417/02/1945 Loss by submarine
Magpie U82 Thornycroft30/12/194124/03/194330/08/19431956Sold/Scrapped
Mermaid U30 Denny08/09/194211/11/194312/05/19441954Transferred
Modeste U42 Chatham DYd15/02/194329/01/194403/09/19451961Sold/Scrapped
Nereide U64 Chatham DYd15/02/194329/01/194403/05/19461958Sold/Scrapped
Nonsuch U54 Chatham DYd15/02/1943---Cancelled
Nymphe U84 Chatham DYd26/02/1945---Cancelled
Opossum U33 Denny28/07/194330/11/194416/06/19451959Sold/Scrapped
Partridge Thornycroft----Cancelled
Peacock U96 Thornycroft29/11/194211/12/194310/05/19441954Sold/Scrapped
Pheasant U49 Yarrow13/07/194221/12/194212/05/19431946Sold/Scrapped
Redpole U69 Yarrow18/05/194225/02/194324/06/19431946Sold/Scrapped
Snipe U20 Denny21/09/194420/12/194509/09/19461953Sold/Scrapped
Sparrow U71 Denny30/11/194418/02/194616/12/19461956Sold/Scrapped
Starling U66 Fairfield21/10/194114/10/194201/04/194305/09/1945Sold/Scrapped
Waterhen U05 Denny----Cancelled
Whimbrel U29 Yarrow31/10/194125/08/194213/01/19431947Transferred
Wild Goose U45 Yarrow28/01/194214/10/194211/03/19431955Sold/Scrapped
Woodcock U90 Fairfield21/10/194126/11/194229/05/194312/1946Sold/Scrapped
Woodpecker U08 Denny23/02/194129/06/194214/12/194220/02/1944 Loss by submarine
Wren U28 Denny27/02/194111/08/194204/02/194306/1955Sold/Scrapped
Wryneck U31 Denny----Cancelled
Cauvery / Keveri U10 Yarrow28/10/194215/06/194321/10/194309/1977Sold/Scrapped
Kistna / Krisna U46 Yarrow14/07/194222/04/194326/08/19431981Sold/Scrapped
Transfers:
Ship Code Former Code Comm Decomm Fate
Scharnhorst F213 Mermaid U30 28/05/195915/03/1968Inactive
Hipper F214 Actaeon U07 10/01/195931/07/1964Sold/Scrapped
Graf Spee F215 Flamingo L18 21/02/195931/07/1964Sold/Scrapped
Scheer F216 Hart U58 21/05/195912/12/1967Sold/Scrapped
El Malek Farouq / Tariq 42 Whimbrel U29 11/19491985Struck

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