HMS Mermaid (U30)
![]() Mermaid underway in 1944
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Name | Mermaid |
Namesake | Mermaid |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
Laid down | 8 September 1942 |
Launched | 11 November 1943 |
Completed | 12 May 1944 |
Fate | Sold to West Germany, 5 May 1959 |
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Name | Scharnhorst |
Namesake | Scharnhorst |
Acquired | 5 May 1959 |
Decommissioned | 1980 |
Fate | Broken up, April 1990 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
HMS Mermaid was a
Mermaid was sold to
Construction
Mermaid, built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland, was laid down on 8 September 1942, launched on 11 November 1943, and completed 12 May 1944.[1]
As with all the modified Black Swans, Mermaid's main gun armament was six
Mermaid's first operations were as part of the escort for the Arctic convoy JW 59 to Murmansk in August 1944, with it being credited with a part of sinking the U-boat U-354 on 24 August in conjunction with the destroyer Keppel, the sloop Peacock and the frigate Loch Dunvegan.[5][6] On the return journey from Murmansk, escorting Convoy RA 59A, Mermaid again took part in sinking a German submarine, this time U-394 on 2 September, in conjunction with a Swordfish aircraft operating from the aircraft carrier Vindex, the destroyers Keppel and Whitehall and the sloop Peacock.[5][7]
In 1945 Mermaid was assigned to the
In 1957,
References
- ^ a b Blackman 1971, p. 131.
- ^ Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 57.
- ^ a b Hague 1993, p. 83.
- ^ Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 58.
- ^ Blair 2000, p. 599.
- ^ Blair 2000, p. 600.
- ^ Marriott 1983, p. 15.
- ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ^ a b Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 144.
Publications
- Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. ISBN 0-354-00096-9.
- Blair, Clay (2000). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945. New York: Modern Library. ISBN 0-679-64033-9.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- 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.
- Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983. Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-1322-3.