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HMS Nereide (U64)
HMS Nereide was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Chatham Dockyard, Kent on 15 February 1943, launched on 29 January 1944 and commissioned on 3 May 1946, with the pennant number U64.[1]
HMS Nereide anchored on 15 May 1946. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Nereide |
| Namesake | Nereid |
| Ordered | 5 October 1942 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard, Kent |
| Laid down | 15 February 1943 |
| Launched | 29 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 3 May 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1950s |
| Identification | Pennant number: U64 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1958 |
| 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 |
| Armament |
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Construction and career
Commissioned in 1946, HMS Nereide therefore did not experience the fighting of the Second World War.
She was placed on the destruction list for demolition, Nereide arrived at the demolition site on 18 May 1958.
References
- ^ "HMS Nereide (U 64) 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.