HMS Sparrow (U71)

HMS Sparrow was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton on 30 November 1944, launched on 16 February 1946 and commissioned on 16 December 1946, with the pennant number U71.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sparrow.

History
United Kingdom
NameSparrow
NamesakeSparrow
Ordered8 December 1942
BuilderWilliam Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down30 November 1944
Launched18 February 1946
Commissioned16 December 1946
Decommissioned1953
IdentificationPennant number: U71
FateScrapped in 1957
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Black Swan-class sloop
Displacement1,350 tons
Length283 ft (86 m)
Beam38.5 ft (11.7 m)
Propulsion
  • Geared turbines
  • two shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h) at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW)
Complement192 men + 1 Cat
Armament

Construction and career

Commissioned in 1946, she therefore did not experience the fighting of the Second World War.

HMS Sparrow served in the Royal Navy for the North America and West Indies Station. She remained at this station outside of returning to the United Kingdom for a return to service until 1953, when he left for the Far East to join the 3rd flotilla of frigates. Her brief service there includes a period of service with the Royal Navy elements of the UN Task Force deployed off the west coast of Korea.

In January 1951, after the end of the Korean War, he was redeployed to the South Atlantic until March 1956 when he returned to the United Kingdom to be transferred to the Portsmouth reserve. Registered on the withdrawal list in 1957, it was sold to BISCO for dismantling by Metal Industries and arrived at the demolition site in Charlestown on 26 May 1958.[2]

References
  1. "HMS Sparrow (U 71) of the Royal Navy - British Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. "HMS Sparrow, sloop". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

Further reading
  • Gardiner, Robert Gardiner (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. Conway Maritime Press. p. 456. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  • Gardiner, Robert Gardiner (1996). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. US Naval Institute Press. p. 675. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
  • 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.
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
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