HMS Shearwater (L39)
.jpg) HMS Shearwater
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Shearwater |
| Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes |
| Laid down | 15 August 1938 |
| Launched | 18 April 1939 |
| Commissioned | 7 September 1939 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping on 21 April 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- sloop |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 234 ft (71 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 160 long tons (160 t) oil |
| Complement | 60 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | Pennant number L39 (later K39) |
HMS Shearwater was a Template:Sclass- sloop of the Royal Navy.
Shearwater was laid down at J. Samuel White, Cowes on 15 August 1938. She was launched on 18 April 1939 and commissioned on 7 September 1939. She served during the Second World War and was adopted by Farnborough Urban District Council during Warship Week in 1942.
She survived the War and sold for scrapping on 21 April 1947. She was broken up by Stockton Ship & Salvage Company.
She was the fictional HMS Winger in Nicholas Monsarrat's book 'Corvette Command' of the Three Corvettes series. This vessel was also the very first sloop to be commanded by an RNVR officer from June 1944 until July 1945, Desmond Henry Cope, DSC(1943).[1]
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- HMS Shearwater at Uboat.net
- Monsarrat, Nicholas, Corvette Command, Cassell, 1944