HMS Shearwater (L39)

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Class and type Kingfisher-class sloop Laid down 15 August 1938 Construction started 15 August 1938 Length 71 m Builder J. Samuel White		Name HMS Shearwater Commissioned 7 September 1939 Launched 18 April 1939 Draft 1.98 m

Fate Sold for scrapping on 21 April 1947 Displacement 580 tons(750 tons full)

HMS Shearwater was a Kingfisher-class 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.

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. OCLC 67375475.

HMS Shearwater at Uboat.net

Monsarrat, Nicholas, Corvette Command, Cassell, 1944

References

HMS Shearwater (L39) Wikipedia

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