HMS Opossum (U33)
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History | |
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Name | Opossum |
Namesake | Opossum |
Ordered | 12 August 1941 |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
Laid down | 28 July 1943 |
Launched | 30 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 16 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1950s |
Identification | Pennant number: U33 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1960 |
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 Opossum was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton on 28 July 1943, launched on 30 November 1944 and commissioned on 16 June 1945, with the pennant number U33.[1]
References
- ^ "History | HMS Opossum". 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.
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- Black Swan-class sloops
- Sloops of the United Kingdom
- Ships built on the River Clyde
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- Korean War sloops of the United Kingdom