HMS Hind (U39)
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![]() HMS Hind anchored in 1943.
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Name | Hind |
Namesake | Hind |
Ordered | 11 February 1942 |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
Laid down | 31 August 1942 |
Launched | 30 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 11 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1951 |
Identification | Pennant number: U39 |
Fate | Broken up in 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,350 tons |
Length | 283 ft (86 m) |
Beam | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW) |
Complement | 192 men + 1 Cat |
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HMS Hind was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton on 31 August 1942, launched on 30 September 1943 and commissioned on 11 April 1944, with the pennant number U39.[1]
References
- ^ "HMS Hind (U 39) of the Royal Navy - British Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
Further reading
- Blair, Clay Gardiner (2000). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945. New York: Modern Library. ISBN 0-679-64033-9.
- Gardiner, Robert Gardiner (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (1922-1946). Conway Maritime Press. p. 456. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Gardiner, Robert Gardiner (1996). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (1947-1995). US Naval Institute Press. p. 675. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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.