HMS Sparrow (U71)
{{short description|Modified Black Swan-class sloop}}
{{other ships|HMS Sparrow}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United Kingdom | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name = Sparrow | Ship namesake = Sparrow | Ship ordered = 8 December 1942 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton | Ship laid down = 30 November 1944 | Ship launched = 18 February 1946 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 16 December 1946 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = 1953 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship captured = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship identification = Pennant number: U71 | Ship fate = Scrapped in 1957 | Ship homeport = | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Modified Black Swan-class sloop | Ship displacement = 1,350 tons | Ship length = {{convert|283|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|38.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = *Geared turbines
| Ship speed = {{convert|20|kn|km/h}} at {{convert|4,300|hp|abbr=on}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship complement = 192 men + 1 Cat | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *6 × QF 4 in Mk XVI anti-aircraft guns
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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.{{Cite web|title=HMS Sparrow (U 71) of the Royal Navy - British Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3947.html|access-date=2020-10-21|website=uboat.net}}
Construction and career
Commissioned in 1946, she therefore did not experience the fighting of the Second World War.
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Further reading
- {{Cite book|last=Gardiner|first=Robert Gardiner|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7|pages=456}}
- {{Cite book|last=Gardiner|first=Robert Gardiner|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995|publisher=US Naval Institute Press|year=1996|isbn=1-55750-132-7|pages=675}}
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{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
- {{Cite web|title=HMS Sparrow, sloop|url=https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-18SL-HMS_Sparrow.htm|access-date=2020-10-21|website=www.naval-history.net}}
{{Black Swan class sloop}}
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Category:Black Swan-class sloops