| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Modified Black Swan |
| Pennant | U 90 |
| Built by | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 18 Jul 1941 |
| Laid down | 21 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 26 Nov 1942 |
| Commissioned | 29 May 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped 28 November 1955. |
Commands listed for HMS Woodcock (U 90)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Clive Gwinner, DSO, RN | 27 Apr 1943 | 31 Jan 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. (retired) John Fulford Blackburn, DSO, RN | 31 Jan 1944 | 18 Jul 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Sidney John Parsons, DSC, RN | 18 Jul 1944 | mid 1946 |
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Notable events involving Woodcock include:
30 Jul 1943
German U-boat U-462 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay at position 45°33'N, 10°58'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).
18 Oct 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. J.C. Varley, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Burnett, DSC, RN), HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Welland, DSC, RCN), HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, DSC, RN), HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) C. Gwinner, DSO, RN) and aircraft. (1)
6 Nov 1943
German U-boat U-226 was sunk at 0700hrs on 6 November 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 44°49'N, 41°13'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).
7 Dec 1943
HMS H 32 (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Inver (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Gray, RNR), HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) C. Gwinner, DSO, RN) and HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. P.R. Ward, RN). (2)
11 Dec 1944
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Shemara (Cdr.(Retd.) H. Buckle, RN) and HMS Woodcock (Lt. S.J. Parsons, DSC, RN). (3)
2 Jan 1945
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Woodcock (A/Lt.Cdr. S.J. Parsons, DSC, RN) and HMS Bergamot (A/Lt.Cdr. W. McInnes, RNR). (4)
9 Jan 1945
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Woodcock (A/Lt.Cdr. S.J. Parsons, DSC, RN). (4)
11 Jan 1945
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Woodcock (A/Lt.Cdr. S.J. Parsons, DSC, RN) and HMS Pheasant (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Palmer, RN). (4)
Sources
- ADM 173/17833
- ADM 173/17777
- ADM 173/19302
- ADM 173/20229
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.