Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Modified Black Swan |
| Pennant | U 38 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 30 Aug, 1941 |
| Launched | 28 Jul, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1 Dec, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Scrapped 16 March 1956.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Francis Babington Proudfoot, RN (retired)
27 September 1942 – 19 January 1944
Cdr. Donald Murdo MacLean, RN
19 January 1944 - ???
Lt. Thomas William Lancaster, DSC, RN
??? – 30 June 1945
A/Lt.Cdr. Alan Henry Pierce, OBE, RNR
30 June 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Cygnet include: 8 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-962 was sunk in north Atlantic north-west of Cape Finisterre, in position 45º43'N, 19º57'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN)
and HMS Cygnet (Cdr. D.M. MacLean, RN). (see map) |
