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Saturday 9 December 2017

Royal British Navy building Black Swan-class sloops according to the Dutch Newspaper Marineblad dated 1939 no. 10

An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated August 1939 reported that the 1.250 ton Black Swan-class escort vessels had an armament of 8-10,2cm//3.97” anti aircraft guns. Their speed was 19 knots.(1)

Note
1. The Black Swan-class built between 1939-1943 and the Modified Black Swan-class built between 1942-1945. Of the originally planned 42 were 37 built of which 25 of the modified type. The displacement was 1.250 (original design)-1.350 (modified design) tons. Six were built for the Royal Indian Navy. After the Second War served (Modified) Black Swan -class sloops in the navies of Egypt, India, Pakistan and West-Germany.