HMS Shearwater (L39)
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| Class and type: | Kingfisher-class sloop |
| Name: | HMS Shearwater |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White, Cowes |
| Laid down: | 15 August 1939 |
| Launched: | 18 April 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 7 September 1939 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping on 21 April 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
580 tons (750 tons full) |
| Length: | 234 ft (71 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Two x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines Two shafts 3,600 shp |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Range: | 160 tons oil |
| Complement: | 60 |
| Armament: |
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| Notes: | Pennant number L39 (later K39) |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Shearwater.
HMS Shearwater was a Kingfisher-class sloop of the Royal Navy.
Shearwater was laid down at J. Samuel White, Cowes on 15 August 1939. She was launched on 18 April 1939 and commissioned on 7 September 1939. She served during the Second World War and survived to be 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.[citation needed]
References
- 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. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- HMS Shearwater at Uboat.net
- Monsarrat, Nicholas, Corvette Command, Cassell, 1944
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