Black Swan Class Sloop - Black Swan Class

Black Swan Class

Royal Navy

The first two ships were built under the 1937 Programme, being ordered from Yarrow and Company, Scotstoun, on 1 March 1939. The second pair was built under the 1939 Programme, being ordered from Furness Shipbuilding Company on 21 June 1939. A further ten RN ships were ordered under the 1940 War Programme on 13 April 1940; however six of these (the orders placed with White of Cowes, Thornycroft at Woolston, and Swan Hunter on Tyneside for two ships each) were subsequently replaced by orders for an equal number of Hunt Class escort destroyers.

There were incremental improvements as the building developed, and the Woodcock and Wren when completed were practically indistinguishable from the Modified Black Swan class.

Name Pennant Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fate
Flamingo L18
later U18		 Yarrow, Scotstoun 26 May 1938 18 April 1939 3 November 1939 Transferred to West Germany as Graf Spee 21 January 1959. Sold for breaking up 25 October 1967.
Black Swan L57
later U57		 Yarrow, Scotstoun 20 June 1938 7 July 1939 27 January 1940 Sold for breaking up 13 September 1956.
Erne U03 Furness Sbdg, Barrow 22 September 1939 5 August 1940 26 April 1941 Became RNVR training ship Wessex on the Solent 4 June 1952, broken up October 1965.
Ibis U99 Furness Sbdg, Barrow 22 September 1939 28 November 1940 30 August 1941 Sunk by Italian torpedo bombers off Algiers on 10 November 1942.
Whimbrel U29 Yarrow, Scotstoun 31 October 1941 25 August 1942 13 January 1943 Transferred to Egypt as El Malek Farouq November 1949, renamed Tarik 1954.
Wild Goose U45 Yarrow, Scotstoun 28 January 1942 14 October 1942 11 March 1943 Sold for breaking up 27 February 1956.
Woodpecker U08 Denny, Dunbarton 23 February 1941 29 June 1942 14 December 1942 Sunk by U-256 on 27 February 1944.
Wren U28 Denny, Dunbarton 27 February 1941 11 August 1942 4 February 1943 Sold for breaking up 2 February 1956.

Royal Indian Navy

Two ships were ordered under the 1939 Programme, the order being placed with Denny on 8 September 1939. The second pair were ordered under the 1940 Programme, this order with Thornycroft being placed on 29 August 1940. The first two were used as survey ships after the War. The second pair were transferred to the Pakistan Navy in 1948. The third pair (which were of the Modified Black Swan class - see below)

Name Pennant Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fate
Sutlej U95 Denny, Dunbarton 4 January 1940 1 October 1940 23 April 1941 Survey vessel 1955. Paid off at end 1978 and deleted 1982 or 1983.
Jumna U21 Denny, Dunbarton 28 February 1940 16 November 1940 13 May 1941 Survey vessel 1957. Renamed INS Jamuna 1968, paid off at end 1980 and broken up.
Narbada U40 Thornycroft, Woolston 30 August 1941 21 November 1942 29 April 1943 Renamed Jhelum 1948. Sold to be broken up 15 July 1959.
Godavari U52 Thornycroft, Woolston 30 October 1941 21 January 1943 28 June 1943 Renamed Sind 1948. Sold for breaking up 2 June 1959.
Kistna U46 Yarrow, Scotstoun 14 July 1942 22 April 1943 26 August 1943 Renamed INS Krishna 1968. Paid off at end 1981 and broken up.
Cauvery U10 Yarrow, Scotstoun 28 October 1942 15 June 1943 21 October 1943 Renamed INS Kaveri 1968. Sold 1979.

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