Allied Warships

HMS Black Swan (L 57 / U 57)

Sloop of the Black Swan class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassBlack Swan 
PennantL 57 / U 57 
Built byYarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) 
Ordered1 Jan 1938 
Laid down20 Jun 1938 
Launched7 Jul 1939 
Commissioned27 Jan 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped 13 September 1956.

 

Commands listed for HMS Black Swan (L 57 / U 57)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. Albert Lawrence Poland, DSC, RN15 Sep 193925 Oct 1940
2Cdr. Harold Pitcairn Henderson, RN25 Oct 1940Nov/Dec 40
3Lt. George Henry Murray, RNVRNov/Dec 4026 Apr 1941
4Cdr. Thomas Arthur Charles Pakenham, RN26 Apr 19415 Mar 1943
5Lt.Cdr. (retired) Rodney Charles Vesey Thomson, RN5 Mar 194326 Mar 1945
6Lt.Cdr. Alexander Douglas Colin Inglis, RN26 Mar 19451 Oct 1946

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Noteable events involving Black Swan include:


1 Nov 1940
HMS Black Swan (Cdr. H.P. Henderson, RN) is damaged by a mine in the Firth of Forth. Repairs at Dundee took till mid-April.

23 Oct 1942
The British merchant Empire Star is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-615 north of the Azores in position 48º14'N, 26º22'W. The British sloop HMS Black Swan (Cdr. T.A.C. Pakenham, RN) later picks up 61 survivors.

2 Apr 1943
The German submarine U-124 was sunk west of Oporto, in position 41º02'N, 15º39'W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Stonecrop (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Smythe, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Black Swan (Lt.Cdr. R.C.V. Thomson, RN). (see map)

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