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HMS Woodcock (U 90)

Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassModified Black Swan 
PennantU 90 
Built byFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down21 Oct, 1941 
Launched26 Nov, 1942 
Commissioned29 May, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped 28 November 1955.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Clive Gwinner, DSO, RN
27 April 1943 – 31 January 1944

Cdr. John Fulford Blackburn, DSO, RN (retired)
31 January 1944 – 18 July 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. Sidney John Parsons, DSC, RN
18 July 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Woodcock include:

30 Jul, 1943
The German submarine U-462 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay at postition 45º33'N, 10º58'W.by a British Handley Page Halifax aircraft (Sqdn 502/S) and gunfire from the British sloops HMS Wren (Lt.Cdr. R.M. Aubrey, RN), HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN), HMS Woodpecker (Lt.Cdr. R.E.S. Hugonin, DSC, RN), HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, RN) and HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, RN). (see map)

6 Nov, 1943
The German submarine U-226 was sunk at 0700hrs on 6 November 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 44º49'N, 41º13'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, RN) and HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, DSC, RN). (see map)


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