HMS Peacock (U96)
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HMS Peacock was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built for service as a convoy escort during the Second World War, serving in the arctic and Atlantic convoys. After the Second World War she saw service in the Mediterranean. She was scrapped in 1958.{{cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-18SL-HMS_Peacock.htm |title=HMS Peacock, Sloop |last=Smith |first=Gordon |work=naval-history.net |year=2011 |access-date=21 December 2015}}
Construction
Peacock was built by Thornycroft, Woolston, and was laid down on 29 November 1942, launched on 11 December 1943, and completed on 10 May 1944. She was adopted by the civil community of Tadcaster Rural District Council in the West Riding of Yorkshire as part of the Warship Week National Savings campaign in 1942.
Royal Navy service
Under the command of Lt.Cdr. Richard Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR,{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3943.html|title=HMS Peacock (U 96)|website=uboat.net|access-date=1 October 2018}} upon commissioning, Peacock completed work ups in home waters. In August 1944 she was allocated for service with the Arctic convoys to Russia. By December 1944, she was allocated for the defence of the Atlantic Convoys. During these operations she took part in the sinking of several U-Boats.
In May 1945, she was allocated for service with the British Pacific Fleet but was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet as the war drew to a close.
Following the war she remained in the Mediterranean. She received the new pennant number 'F96' and was based in Malta, as part of the 3rd Frigate Flotilla. This Flotilla took part in patrols preventing illegal Jewish immigration into Mandatory Palestine. In June 1953, she attended the Coronation Review at Spithead.Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden In 1954 she was placed in reserve.Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983. Ian Allan Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7110-1322-3}} p.15
She was subsequently sold for scrap and arrived for breaking up at Rosyth on 7 May 1958.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Blair|first=Clay|title=Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945|year=2000|publisher=Modern Library|location=New York|isbn=0-679-64033-9}}
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chesneau|first2=Roger|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|year=1980|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|isbn=1-55750-132-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Hague|first=Arnold|title=Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Kendal, England|isbn=0-905617-67-3}}
External links
- [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-18SL-HMS_Peacock.htm Peacock at Naval History.net]
- [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3943.html Peacock at U-boat.net]
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