Black Swan-class sloop (2012)

{{Short description|Conceptual classes of sloop of the Royal Navy}}

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The Black Swan class were a conceptual classes of sloop of the Royal Navy.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-concept-note-1-12-future-black-swan-class-sloop-of-war-a-group-system |title=Future 'Black Swan' class sloop of war: a group system (JCN 1/12) |publisher=GOV.UK |date=2012-05-04 |accessdate=2017-07-10}}{{cite web|author=Brett Friedman |url=http://cimsec.org/black-swan-option-navys-future-surface-combatant/33223 |title=Black Swan: An Option for the Navy's Future Surface Combatant |publisher=Cimsec.org |date= |accessdate=2017-07-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/british-seapower-a-new-approach/ |title=Revisiting the Black Swan Sloop of War |publisher=Save the Royal Navy |date=2015-07-16 |accessdate=2017-07-10}} Produced by the UK Ministry of Defence in 2012. The concept gets its name from the Second World War Black Swan-class sloop.